The MLHS Art Department will be facilitating a day of weaving to remember Martin Luther King, Jr. on the national holiday named in his honor. All students are invited to join the community-weaving project, which aims to emphasize our unique individuality and strengthen our ties as a learning community.
The weaving will take place in the lobby, where student facilitators will help both classes and individual students to contribute to the project. Art classes have designed paper strips to weave on the spot. However, all participants are encouraged to donate personal items that can be woven into the structure. These items may include discarded clothing (t-shirts, old blue jeans), shoestrings, hair ties, belts, or anything that is personal and represents the individual.
The project will utilize the Saori method, which comes from the zen word “SAI”—meaning everything has its own individual dignity— and “ORI”, the Japanese word for weaving. Its creator, Misao Jo, describes the effect of this kind of communal work: “It is this individuality that makes everything meaningful and the uniqueness of each thread that creates the tapestry of life.” Given Dr. King’s emphasis on the importance of individual contributions to building one’s community, it seems a most fitting tribute.
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