Bears Repeating: Paisley Purpose

Thread of Life

Thread of Life

Perception is really a pattern of sensory inputs that repeat over time.

Unique events would be imperceptible to us. We couldn't observe, associate, recall or communicate them. Events must repeat strongly and frequently enough to bear preserving a pattern that is built up into a palpable, enduring sensation.

If a truly singular event occurred, it wouldn’t be meaningful — to us. The mind seeks patterns.

When we perceive something as unique it's actually a variation, or novelty that persists and forms a cohesive pattern — a pattern within a pattern.

The overarching structure is another pattern.

Within structure, content becomes uniquely and endlessly reorganized into dynamic patterns that form meanings.

Meanings are the threads that weave together the fabric of our experience.

And so, I repeat.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Paisley Purpose

Paisley is thought to have been inspired in ancient Persia by the shape of the mango and has been adapted artistically for textile design by many cultures throughout history.

1 comment:

spec said...: What a joy to wander through the weave of your passion and your designs. I appreciate your annotations, range of colors, design transitions, and care for detail--and, of course, your spunk.

I'm caught up at the moment putting together, in my mind only (I don't have the skill to carry it out), a quilt of your designs that would hang somewhere to celebrate and market your creativity.
And I have a couple of shirts in mind, and a bed spread, and a tent, and a collection of pillows, and drapes and curtains, border trim for huge outdoor billboards, bathing suits, table runners, coffin covers (yeah, I know), and how about shingles (I'm tired, in Canada of olive-colored roof-scapes), drum-skins, shower curtains, arborite (or whatever counters are covered with these days), and floor tiles, and umbrellas, and maybe those great hanging drapes one sees sweeping down from massive ceilings at airports and museums. Enough you say? Not nearly--not only the patterns bear repeating, but their uses.
Ah, and how about livening up men's tuxedos and women's bridal dresses and shoes (men and women).
Keep designing--but acquire a promoter and a marketer, soon.

Sorry, I'm busy....
Jerre; July 26, 2008 at 8:12 PM