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🗓️ 26 September 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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0:00.0 | The other day, I stumbled upon a YouTube video of this artist that was weaving a most mesmerizing cloth on a loom. |
0:10.0 | Now, for those scratching their heads, a loom is that large frame that holds threads really tight, |
0:17.0 | while another thread dances between them, right? |
0:20.0 | It's like watching magic unfold. |
0:23.3 | It's incredible. |
0:25.1 | And if you're thinking, what on earth is he talking about? |
0:28.4 | A quick Google search will have you nodding in recognition. |
0:32.1 | You'll be like, oh yeah, okay, I see. |
0:34.4 | So maybe you've never sat at a loom. |
0:37.1 | I have not. But I'm sure you've seen a tapestry |
0:40.9 | hanging on a wall or on a piece of furniture. It's amazing because each thread, each color, |
0:48.3 | even each knot, they all contribute to this really most beautiful large picture, really made of cloth. |
0:58.0 | It's fascinating to me, though, like how something so complex can be created just from an individual strand of thread. |
1:07.7 | So naturally, curiosity got the best of me, and I started going down the rabbit hole of looms |
1:13.3 | and learned that the oldest known tapestry dates. |
1:19.4 | Get ready for this. |
1:20.9 | All the way back to 3,000 BC in ancient Egypt. |
1:25.1 | Oh my gosh, can you imagine the stories and the time encapsulated in those threads |
1:32.1 | if they could just speak? |
1:34.8 | And also being the fact that I have a podcast and I tend to look at everything with a |
1:39.3 | how does this relate to life kind of way, I began thinking that just like this gorgeously woven |
1:47.9 | tapestry, our lives are like this. Our lives are crafted with threads from our past experiences, |
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