The marvel of a basket is in its transformation, its journey from wholeness as a living plant to fragmented… — Robin Wall Kimmerer
The marvel of a basket is in its transformation, its journey from wholeness as a living plant to fragmented strands and back to wholeness again as a basket. A basket knows the dual powers of destruction and creation that shape the world. Strands once separated are rewoven into a new whole. The journey of a basket is also the journey of a people.
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