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After creating their story ropes, the girls sat and listened to all their lives unfold in fabric.
Later Martha (on right) said this:
Someone told me that the people of this culture, this village, lack imagination - that they think in terms of black and white - right and wrong - yes and no.
If that's true, maybe it's because their imagination was never sparked.
Because just look at the way these girls respond to a good story. Nobody's personal story is EVER black and white.
Makes me wonder and imagine.
My friend, Martha, headed down to Caraballo, Dominican Republic (DR) on her second mission trip. Her assignment, along with others on her team, was working with the young Dominican girls in the sewing room.
In preparation for the trip, Martha brought friends to my studio to see some creative ideas for what they might do in the Dominican sewing room with the girls. On their studio visit I taught them the story rope process - a way for the young girls to tell their story.
Several donated bags of scraps were collected & brought down to the DR to use for the ropes. Yes, they were going to make story ropes!
Photos: In the DR experiencing the story rope process.
