Mr M gets attracted to a specific carpet in Delhi. He traces where that carpet was made and that reveals how weavers make exquisite carpets.
What difference does it make if a carpet is hand weaved or machine weaved?
You’ll have to listen in to find out.
You will have to listen in to find out.
Here’s the podcast
A few delicious slices
14:28: Indirectly or directly, this particular person or a place, where the weaving is done transmits some amount of affection, also some amount of sincerity, some amount of focus, some amount of a certain diligence for the work, and also his lineage that he has learnt from his fore-fathers.
17:50: He is concentrating on his own Japa right when he does the job. He has to do that and imagine each weave of a carpet is pregnant with that sort of a vibration. Then the final carpet – why the hell it will not attract attention?
26:00: People may say that – Oh it is just tradition and we are following it and all that. But I think the subtler understanding that you said is what is important – there is a certain transfer of energy or vibrations or feeling from that product that is made in this (traditional) way.
A list of lookups
Places: Varanasi
A short documentary on carpet weaving: The Woven Sounds
A blog on carpet weaving code: Understanding Talim
A journal paper on weaving practice: Singing the Rug
The life of a saint: Sant Kabir Das
Year: 1993