OM, is all. The past, the present, the future, you, me, us, living things, nature, the wind, planet earth, the universe. We are born, we live and we vibrate to the sound OM by connecting to what surrounds us.
Today is Earth Day, in the midst of a pandemic, I feel like hugging the planet very tightly. Honor everything that is beautiful and ugly about it and vibrate with to OM mantra.
In this anxiety ridden, stress based, fast paced world that places so many demands on almost every second of our precious days, upcycling punctuates the perennial importance of slowing down time… to just reconnect with ourselves.
Throughout my career as a fashion designer, my drive and productivity were concrete proof of my initial goal-oriented approach to fashion. In those early years, however, my satisfaction from sewing became tied to the vision of the final product. And most of the time, I felt impatient about getting there, somehow unable to fully appreciate the process.
Même si quelquefois il m’arrive encore de me laisser happer par cette course, l’upcyclage a apporté un changement fondamental dans mon approche à la création. L’upcyclage me ramène à la méditation, à l’appréciation du processus, à l’éloge de la lenteur. La nature même de l’upcyclage implique un dévouement lent et laborieux. Alors, pourquoi me précipiter? Autant mieux accepter et accueillir que ça prendra du temps. En me permettant de ralentir, j’ai réalisé que la vraie joie de créer venait du processus lui-même.
Focus your attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear, calm and stable state by using upcycling as a form of meditation.
Namaste
