Orts

From the orts,
I can at times create something that speaks to me. Like how sometimes before my Focusing session, things seem so mixed up in my mind, but with some help, I can see some harmony amidst the abundance of feelings, thoughts and confusion. And harmony for me, is a good place to pause and be thankful. 

Throughout the years of working with fabric, embroidery floss, scraps, and pieces, I learned that the snippets of threads, bits and bobs, are called “orts”.
And many hand and machine stitchers keep an Orts Jar.
This is mine.

Reminds me of how I am sometimes before a Focusing session.

Fibre art piece made from fabric, batting, orts of all sorts, including a soft centre of wool roving, and shiny pieces of mica.

Thanks to all the Focusers who have helped me make sense out of my mind’s orts. Denise Durocher