As a spinner myself, I always love tales that involve spinning! You are so right that we are losing touch (literally) with reality by no longer spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, and nålbinding (now there's an ancient art for you!) our own cloth anymore. It is such a meditative act that I find my musings join the fibers as my spindle or flywheel turn. Children and women (mostly) used to spin all the time, between other chores, as they walked everywhere, as the children played. Like spiders, they spun the thread of life as they lived from moment to moment. I can't tell you how wonderful it feels to take yarn I spun on sanity walks for my oldest daughter when she was a toddler and nålbind a hat for her years later. It is taking the thread that was barely holding me together at that time and alchemizing it into something warm, useful, and full of love. Yes, the song is about leaving the spinning for an adventure, but there is something reassuring about her leaving the spinning wheel turning in her absence. She has something solid and sustaining to return home to after her flight. For further reading, you might enjoy this article. https://plymagazine.com/2020/07/a-womans-work-was-never-done-spinning-in-medieval-art/ Some of the paintings are quite amusing!
What a lovely song! I adore Eleanor's acting as Demelza. I had no idea she made music, too. I think I know what I'll be listening to the rest of the week now. Thank you for sharing!
I did sneak out a few times when the raging hormones overcame me, only to discover the end of a cigarette burning there before me in the dark when I so very quietly re-entered the house and shut the door behind me. Was it worth it? I’ll leave that for you to guess. 😉
I love the symbolism of the spinning wheel, of time ever-turning, while also creating. Thanks for sharing the song, too, her voice is a clear bell! I never snuck out, but often had to sneak back in, lol. Lovely poems, a real treat to read. Thank you!
I read the poem, then listened to the song, which is lovely by the way, and it seemed to me that the duty and tedious of the spinning was a metaphor of life. Its a great story in that it perfectly captures the mundane and the excitement of love. 😀
As a spinner myself, I always love tales that involve spinning! You are so right that we are losing touch (literally) with reality by no longer spinning, weaving, knitting, sewing, and nålbinding (now there's an ancient art for you!) our own cloth anymore. It is such a meditative act that I find my musings join the fibers as my spindle or flywheel turn. Children and women (mostly) used to spin all the time, between other chores, as they walked everywhere, as the children played. Like spiders, they spun the thread of life as they lived from moment to moment. I can't tell you how wonderful it feels to take yarn I spun on sanity walks for my oldest daughter when she was a toddler and nålbind a hat for her years later. It is taking the thread that was barely holding me together at that time and alchemizing it into something warm, useful, and full of love. Yes, the song is about leaving the spinning for an adventure, but there is something reassuring about her leaving the spinning wheel turning in her absence. She has something solid and sustaining to return home to after her flight. For further reading, you might enjoy this article. https://plymagazine.com/2020/07/a-womans-work-was-never-done-spinning-in-medieval-art/ Some of the paintings are quite amusing!
What a lovely song! I adore Eleanor's acting as Demelza. I had no idea she made music, too. I think I know what I'll be listening to the rest of the week now. Thank you for sharing!
Yes. That moment was quite unsettling. But I was young and resilient. It was like a bump in the road. 😊
I did sneak out a few times when the raging hormones overcame me, only to discover the end of a cigarette burning there before me in the dark when I so very quietly re-entered the house and shut the door behind me. Was it worth it? I’ll leave that for you to guess. 😉
What a beautiful poem and song ❤️❤️ I never snuck out but I certainly wanted to!
I love the symbolism of the spinning wheel, of time ever-turning, while also creating. Thanks for sharing the song, too, her voice is a clear bell! I never snuck out, but often had to sneak back in, lol. Lovely poems, a real treat to read. Thank you!
I read the poem, then listened to the song, which is lovely by the way, and it seemed to me that the duty and tedious of the spinning was a metaphor of life. Its a great story in that it perfectly captures the mundane and the excitement of love. 😀