“We all need a window for the imagination.We need a time and a place to stare out the window at the snow. We need places and practices that open the trapdoor in our imagination and allow the breath of greater worlds to enter our too-claustrophobic lives.”
~Julia Cameron, Walking In This World~
These are the windows of the Craft Company No. 6 Store in Rochester, NY. When I want to open the trapdoor in my imagination, this is one of my favorite places to visit. Here, I am able to take in the colors and shapes and textures and fragrances that have sprung from the imaginations of potters and woodworkers, jewelry and textile artisans. I can get lost for quite some time, just admiring the beauty here.
How about you? Where do you go, what do you do, when you want to open the trapdoor of your imagination?
This Advent, I am using the theme, "Windows for the Imagination" to guide my congregation's worship experiences. Each Sunday, we will look through a different window, seeking to allow access in our souls, for the entry of Christ into our lives, into our world. On Monday morning, I will post some resources to this blog, which may be used as additional windows for the imagination. It has been said that true change begins in the imagination. May it be so, for us, this Advent season.
Blessings,
Cheryl
