Aham Prema

Yesterday one of the teachers and I were talking about my weaving project and how I keep making mistakes with the smallest distractions.  She suggested that I try listening to mantras.  I kind of blew it off (sorry that I did) thinking that it would be distracting too.  I decided to try anyway.  A quick search led me to one that seemed fairly innocuous.  For a little under ten minutes I listened to someone chant Aham Prema which means 'I am divine love.'  It is supposed to be calming and help awaken the inner soul and put the body, heart and mind into alignment--at least that is how I am understanding it from the random internet searches.  What came up after the mantra video was over was music from Tibet, I think.  It was pretty and had chimes and was calming.  I was able to weave with that on and it didn't distract me.

I went to work on the dress for the event in the afternoon.  K carved out some stamps and we stamped the design onto the fabric.  I had to take one of the seams out in order to put the dress flat and stamp it.  I love how the stamps look on the dress.  Getting to do this is my happy for today.  My partner in this clothing challenge also got her fabric stamped.  I'm getting a little more excited about this whole thing.

K carving

Sneak peak. 

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