Weft and warp

The weft and warp of a rug are like the rules, laws and customs of a society. They are there as structure and order, but we have control over how we weave the patterns of our lives through them. Soft, hard, rigid, aimless, drab, inventive, predictable, compelling. Sometimes the design is laid out at the start and mechanically worked to its end. Sometimes the design forms with the moment guided only by play and intuition. But what we weave we  must own.