“We love things that bear the marks of grime, soot,
and weather… the colors and sheen that call to mind the past that made them.”
Prompts (5 min)
- What in your life has a comfortable wear, patina, or imperfection?
- How can you welcome more wear, patina, and imperfection into your life?
- Where can you allow things to evolve naturally rather than forcing them into newness or polish?
Activity: A Worn Object (5 min)
Explore your space and find an object of yours that holds wear, age, or history. Sit with it , hold it, look at it. Write 2–3 sentences about why you love it.