Psst; do you want to know a secret?
First, you'll have to tell us yours!
According to the Journal of Personality and Social
Psychology, the average person keeps a whopping 13 secrets and five secrets
that they have never told to another living soul!
Everyone knows that keeping things in
is bad for us, so how do you find a safe and therapeutic way to let it go?
Well, you can sing about it, talk about it, write a letter and
freeze it, write a poem and burn it, or shout your secret to the wind and let
it carry your words off scattered in the breeze.
Or you can give it to us: stitch your secret and send it to us for
safe keeping. Trivial,
funny or deadly serious, it matters not.
Letting a secret go in a safe place allows you to forgive yourself
and let the past go. Sharing a secret is
an act of self-love.
We are the Profanity Embroidery Group of Whitstable, Kent and you
are
invited to stitch your secret (profanity free) and make it part of an American
style crazy quilt.
The Secrets Quilt is a social media-generated art quilt
celebrating therapeutic stitching. The aim is to excite people to stitch and
feel the benefit of collaborative creativity.
We hope that by taking time to relax and unwind, whilst unburdening
themselves, people will feel happier.
Feedback has already showed this is happening. One stitcher, recovering from breast cancer told
us, 'it has given me something quiet and soothing to do amongst all the
annoying bits of life.'
Another stitcher said, 'while my depression not something I
keep secret, I definitely don't acknowledge it as much as I should, especially
to myself. So this secret is actually about me facing up to my challenges and
learning to treat myself more kindly when I am having a bad time.'
Another said of her secret, 'it’s funny but since stitching
this secret I feel empowered to be braver and 'come out' to my friends instead
of saying nothing.'
We are inviting people to stitch their secrets on fabric no
bigger than an iPad and send it to us by December 31 2017. The secrets will be transformed into a quilt
for national display in 2018.
The process is anonymous and anyone can contribute. All are welcome to take part in this project, beginners as well as experienced individuals.
Find out everything you need to know at:
Instagram @lovesecretsand
More information contact:
1 comment:
Wow what an amazing collaboration of stitching, reminds me of a textile version of Post Secret, I hope you have a great Friday
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