Carol Wiebe

. Some subscribe to the view that every human is entitled to respect, simply because they are on the planet.  Each of us was born for a purpose, and we are collectively participating in this grand experiment for reasons any one of us cannot fathom. It is just too complex to work out. This makes sense to me. However, just because you get older doesn’t necessarily mean you get smarter, kinder, or more compassionate. These take consciousness, awareness and a willingness to learn

I had to put this in my own blogs: the message is TOO good to pass by. Seth Godin reminds us why we think we have to hold back, waiting to get picked by some authority, before we will be able to further our own interests: It’s a cultural instinct to wait to get picked. To seek out the permission and authority that comes from a publisher or talk show host or even a blogger saying, “I pick you.” Once you reject that impulse and realize that no one is going to select you–that Pr

B. J. Adams tells us that the pursuits that instigated a life of art for her ~ painting, drawing, and making her own clothes ~ coalesced into fiber art: When I discovered fabric and thread as a medium, a whole new textural world opened and ideas poured forth. The sewing machine has become my brush and pencil; hundreds of colors of thread have become paint for realistic and abstract images set on various backgrounds. Adams’ bio points us toward the large number of internationa

When an artist creates a work of art, the emphasis is primarily placed on the piece itself, not the tools that were used to fabricate it. Of course, a well crafted tool is a thing of beauty. You not only enjoy the shape and construction of the tool, but are able to imagine what you will shape and construct with it. Jennifer Falck Linssen has taken an ancient Japanese paper/textile tradition, where Katagami (stencils) were used with Katazome (dye resist techniques) to pattern