Hello Minders & Menders,
Things are dark, but Minnesota continue to put the “Ope in Hope.”
That hope is in Minnesotans choosing to continue creating despite the atrocities that are all too consuming. Against all odds, neighbors continue to show up and create more than they consume – create more community, create more connection, create more peace.
Do you create or destroy with your tools?
Do you create more than you consume?
Be like Minnesota & create more.
Shall the hammer build a home or destroy a nested shelter?
Shall the printer whittle a whistle to cradle life or deploy a weapon to take it?
Shall the technology be used to conglomerate care or decay our very humanity?
Shall the mental load be softened with creation or hardened by consumed by media?
Shall the knowledge be embodied with student's self-chosen paths, or leak out as standards are consumed?
Shall the earth breathe freely with creative reuse or suffocate under consuming trends?
Shall the country create new freedoms or consume the very purpose of its existence?
In Minnesota, we choose creation.
Create more connection
create more community
create more peace
Create MORE.
UFF – TADA
Ripped jeans have been in and out of “style” since I was a kid. I’m all for ripped jeans when they tell a real story, like that time you slid into home plate while playing at the park with friends (too much 90s nostalgia?). Or maybe you got a snag from backing up into the rose bush at grandma’s house. If you like the rip, you can wear it proud. Or, you can memorialize your symbolic rips and recoveries with a little art. Here’s a fun and super easy way to add some personality and repair.
Tools: Fabric markers, scrap 100% cotton fabric (light colors work best), double-sided iron-on adhesive, scissors, needle & thread
STEP 1: Follow the iron-on instructions to apply the adhesive to the scrap cotton scrap.
STEP 2: Cut your fabric to the size you want for your repair
STEP 3 (Optional): Use painters tape to tape your fabric to your workspace to keep it from sliding as you draw.
STEP 4: Use the fabric markers to sketch a design. (Tip: Allow to dry between layers to prevent bleeding)
STEP 5: Apply your patch to your ripped jeans according to the instructions.
STEP 6 (Optional): Use needle & thread to secure the patch.
UPDATES
- Nearly all of my energy is going towards caring for neighbors, so I have no idea when Uff Tada will be up and running fully. I hope, however, that when the geese return to the thawed lakes and the monarchs again make their home in our grassrooted milkweed, we will all be able to come together for many days of visible mending.