Today's resistance involves reading Malcolm Gladwell
The gist is that the powerful figures of our time aren't as fearful as they seem. And that the smaller people can defeat them. We need to remember this when it seems the oligarchs are winning.
We have examples from our own experience of resisting. Target, boycotted by the people, is now struggling, the price of denying diversity and supporting a tyrant.
Citizens Bank now starving ICE prisons of funding after massive public pressure. There are so many more. They all need us to stay brave and do our bit. None of us is exempt from trying. Wr have more power than we know.
Meanwhile I'm reading Gladwell for tips on strategy as well as encouragement.
The Tuesday knitting group was fun as usual, my bracelets admired and the Ukraine one under way
Wearing one project while embarking on the next
The embroidery continues, but she'll soon be teaching again so we'll only see her occasionally
This work goes on until all the yarn is used up.
Chat ranged over birthdays and death days, Shakespeare productions, cat behavior, baking, age, birth order, socks, travel, quilling, glasses and more.
Home to Textiles and Tea with
A young New Yorker from Venezuela whose work in textiles expresses resistance, narrative and the impact of economics on the individual.
She runs community events creating large textile installations, often with braiding, where anyone can show up and participate.
She also creates intuitive woven gallery pieces, with great color sense and high energy. Look for her teaching a workshop in Queens NY in September, and a gallery show in New York in spring 2027.
She's worth following, so young but she's made her mark already in North and South America.
Happy day everyone, Tuesdays are always full of things happening here.
