As I young child I regularly visited my local library. This library was in an old building located near the pier in a small town along the coast in California. Walking into this building I could smell books, paper, old wood and the salty air combined. This was a building of 'possibility' for me. To see all of those books lined up neatly on the shelves just waiting for me was almost overwhelming. I still get that same feeling as I walk into my far more modern library here in North Carolina. Each visit is a thrill - there is so much there for me, too much for me to ever read in my lifetime but still it waits.
These days I get the very same joyous feelings of 'possibility' as I walk into a fabric store, a bead shop, a needlework shop and as seen above a fiber show. Oh my -- the wonders of color, texture... the softness, the flow, the patterns, the ideas. Oh yes, the ideas!
Ideas are what possibility is all about. Whether its a sharing of knowledge through a book or a sense inside me that with this yarn I might be able to do this, with that stitch I might be able to do that.
Isn't this world, this life I'm living beautiful?!
"An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing." - Samuel Smiles
OMGosh, Penny. I never recognized this connection before. When I was young, our library was in an old mansion. I used to walk there really often and spend a lot of time looking for just the right book. I used to get in trouble all the time because I had "my nose in a book".
ReplyDeleteYou are so right about having that same feeling in the stores I haunt now..even on line stores.
The need to create can be overpowering sometimes and always gratifying.
xx, Carol
We're riding the same boat here Penny!
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Penny, you are an inspiration to not miss the absolute wonder all around. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. In fact the abundance can be a little overwhelming at times - but in a good way, of course!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, I can finally comment!! I have been wanting to chime in here for days... I love this post, and totally connect with the feelings you describe, even though I hadn't made that connection before.
ReplyDeleteI do have an abundance of both books and fabric.. and expect to soon be adding an abundance of tools and materials for making encaustic pieces.. Hugs to you, my friend!
I too feel the overwhelming possibilites around me. Our library was in a basement, dark and dreary. But, the possibilites! The stories that would take me to other parts of the world, different times, new people - I would load up my arms and be filled with excitement. I still feel that way in the library, but more so now in the art/craft/fabric supply stores. I visited my first Dick Blick over the holidays and I was standing in the middle of an aisle gazing at all the possibilities surrounding me. I know my eyes were wide and mouth was agape. Your area is one of my favorites. My inlaws lived in Brevard and I loved visiting there. Wishing you a beautiful week.
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