I finally got around to watching Sounds of the Woods last night. It's strange to think that such a special mood can be created between artists, with fictional characters amidst the bounties that nature offers. The collaboration between Nadinoo (designer) and WishWishWish (blogger) is a powerful representation of what one might find off the beaten track. Art like this is a potent form of soul food. Since I was very small my mother has amounted our family's need to roam and experience the land around us as a birthright from our Grandmother and her lineage of nomadic people. The same magical qualities are elicited in the video, from the quiet soundtrack of trees, birds and music to the interaction between the handmade clothing and older man made objects. When I think about the gypsy I'd like to be it's like a meeting place between the beauty, mystery and culture here. I can never decide between water farer or forest dweller. While there's the mystique of being adrift, sailing onwards and outwards, wearing waxy woollens, there's also the draw of wild dancing beneath the trees, flowers at ones hands and making oils and teas from the spices and plants in your surrounds. Here it's like I've found the answer. In these woods there lies a meeting place -- that cathedral of boughs, and the pleasure of roaming from the riverbanks deeper in to find birch pools, shrouded by tree trunks. Oh to travel and wander, always and forever. There's more to delve into here and here.
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My favourite dress from the collection featured above, here.
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