Journal Quilt: Showering with the lights off
Last week, I wrote about eliminating or reducing input from one of my senses — vision. As part of these experiments, I’ve been taking showers at night with the lights off. Although the idea is to reduce the chatter of visual input, the experience is still visual: the way the moon hangs in the upper corner of the window, the silhouette outline of the neighbor’s tree against the night sky, the invisible (but present) droplets. I love how the moon makes a halo of light around itself. It all adds up to a calming and soothing experience. I think I have finally found my insomnia buster.
I think I’ve also found a way to bind mini quilts into a book. The Art Journaler and Book Binder in me is so excited! Journal quilts! In an actual journal! Awesome.
This is my submission for Malka’s (of A Stitch in Dye) Mini Quilt Monday.
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The quilt is fantastic. Well done. Love the choice of fabric on the back.
I completely agree with the whole showering in the dark thing (although haven’t done it for ages). A friend who suffered migraines introduced it to me and I’ve found it a really delicious way to end a day. For me, it seems to both quieten and cocoon me. It’s a safe, warm, nurturing space. What a great reminder! Guess what I’ll be ending the evening with tonight;-)
Comment by Emma — 11 May 2009 @ 3:23 pm
Funny! I take showers at night, but it started because the lack of it once.I think it invites you to communicate with yourself (inner being )and it’s also a good way to learn to adapt your vision and wake up other senses, let’s not forget that we also contribute to lessen wobal warming! Love your quilt, I can imagine a hole bedtime story with it!
Comment by Montse — 11 May 2009 @ 3:41 pm
OMG, I thought it was just me! I got into the habit of taking showers in the dark when a bulb blew in my bathroom in Korea and I couldn’t find the right type to replace it. I really enjoyed it, in some funny way you get a lot more washed, it means more because you concentrate in the water. Welcome to my loopy world! Unfortunately in my current house I can’t do this, because its heading into winter and the heat lamp is my saviour!
Comment by Stacey — 12 May 2009 @ 9:43 pm
Me too. The showering in the dark thing. I’ve been doing this for years, every night, with just one light in the house on – off around the corner, in the far distance, just enough illumination to find the towel. It is heaven. Heaven.
Comment by debi — 16 May 2009 @ 1:11 pm
I am curious to know what you do with your art quilts?
I particularly love this one
Comment by Catherine — 29 September 2009 @ 5:50 am