Doing? Why, sitting, sitting in a chair under an oak tree. Her time's not far." "Her hands, Samuel, her hands — what was she doing with her hands? ...
"Samuel seached his memory, "nothing I guess, I remember she had little hands and she held them in her lap. Liza sniffed "not sewing, not mending, not knitting?" No Mother. "I don't think its a good idea for you to go over there. Riches and idleness, the devil's tool......."
This came from "East of Eden" and while resently reading this novel it made me think how different yet the same we as women are. When we sit down in the evening to unwind from the day's events, how we still enjoy to have something to work on with our hands. As women the need to create something beautiful and surround ourselves with beauty comes natural to us.
I just spend a few days with my group of ladies friends, our bunco group, and we had an old fashion quilting session. All the ladies expressed a need to doing something with their hands while watching TV in the evening or just to unwind.
The sewing circle became an expression of creativity, a circle of conversation, sharing of joys and troubles, and an outpour of one's own energy of a piece of beauty. It was creative, relaxing and a great bonding experinece.
