Yikes, it has been four months! Which means the holiday season is almost upon us. I get the Christmas blues, like many people, but wrapping small gifts beautifully—especially with origami boxes—makes me feel good.
In a book of Japanese package design I bought a few years ago, one artist’s essay pointed out that Japanese spirituality holds that all things are living, including things that we Westerners might consider inanimate. So a package for a gift or even an item of food is essentially a little house, a dwelling for the living thing inside. I love that idea.
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Can you even imagine the shift in respect we would have in our culture if more people considered this? Beautiful.
Yes, that would be something! Thank you, Elizabeth. Hope you’re staying warm up there.
Tis the season of mixed blessings. You say this so well. And the boxes!
I know I’ve been out of touch forever. Difficult month or two for Carmela and us. Lots of travel. More later. much love Faith
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