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DIALOGUING WITH OUR WORK

Your hands think through materials

An episode of the SEAMSIDE: Exploring the Inner Work of Textiles podcast, hosted by Zak Foster, titled "DIALOGUING WITH OUR WORK" was published on December 19, 2025 and runs 21 minutes.

December 19, 2025 ·21m · SEAMSIDE: Exploring the Inner Work of Textiles

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When you write in a journal, you often discover what you think by seeing your thoughts on paper. Making works the same way—your hands think through materials, and you discover what you know by seeing what emerges. This meditation explores creative work as externalized thinking, a conversation between your conscious intentions and your intuitive knowing.

When you write in a journal, you often discover what you think by seeing your thoughts on paper. Making works the same way—your hands think through materials, and you discover what you know by seeing what emerges. This meditation explores creative work as externalized thinking, a conversation between your conscious intentions and your intuitive knowing.

REFLECTION QUESTIONS → What question are you carrying right now that might be worth answering through making rather than thinking?

AFFIRMATION → I make something and it teaches me / We speak back and forth

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