Reclaiming fabric from a sentimental item and transforming it to paper/art is cathartic!

Humans tend to hang onto things.  Some would argue it's in our DNA. If it's got sentimental value, we simply can't seem to part with it. Often times that results in accumulated clutter. However, sometimes, people hang onto things simply because they don't know how to let go.

Cutting fabric, knowing it will soon be pulped and molded into paper, somehow answers the need to respect the sentimental memories.

Have you ever visited someone who's lost a loved one? Many times they will leave an entire room untouched, as it was when the person was last there. Husbands leave their wives' clothing hanging in the closet, simply unwilling to part with them. A mother may fold and re-fold a lost child's clothing and "dare" anyone to touch them.

Taking a child's dress, a father's hankerchief, a mother's robe, or other item and shredding it to pieces seems unbelievable at first. Some would think, "there's no way I could do it."  But making that first bold move, cutting it lovingly and then watching it transform to pulp in a beater, navigates them to a place of understanding, peace, tranquility and ultimately a mending connection to art.