Wow!! your post sprouted so many feelings in me. The images are just beautiful, and the words I can so relate too, especially the part about language. I often can't help but feel jealous of people who have at least some link to what would have been a native language for them. Growing up in the America though as far as I know my ancestry is Central & Western European ... it never seemed right to learn a native American language however much I admire their culture.
Just in the last few years I have started to see how it isn't an accident that I am here now and have a strong desire to create things ... with plants and with newer materials too. That maybe part of my mission is to be a bridge of novelty and ancient knowledge and make something of my very own with that.
Thank you so much for sharing this post -- It gives me warm and fuzzy feelings as well as much to ponder and journal on. <3
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This is so very beautiful to read, dear @calendulacraft, and it makes me very glad in my heart that you get so much from what I share! I hope one day to find a way to gather with lots more folks like us, where we can weave the old and the new ways, and make everything more healthy, beautiful and harmonious!
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That sounds delightful!! I hope and plan to go over to Europe or the UK (or hopefully both) one day for a journey of connection with my ancestral lands, self exploration, and of course crafting of all kinds!!
I am so excited to hear how this train of thought evolves in your life and work and am formulating some sort of response to the question "what are cultural roots?" in a post of my own someday soon. <3