Weaving 101
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Witches, evil queens, good wives + lion cubs,
Welcome back to Summah Camp!
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I’m the Mahvelous Ms. B — former teacher, current human. I’ll be your tour guide this season as we journey through the deep end together.
This week’s episode is Weaving. Let’s dive in. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Ancient Art of Basket Weaving
When I was in kindergarten, I spent a lot of time at the Boston Children’s Museum. There was a longstanding exhibit about basket weaving that I was obsessed with.
In many Indigenous traditions, basket weaving is more than just a craft. It’s the sacred practice of weaving memory and lineage into something new. Each basket tells a story, not through words, but through pattern and process.
It isn’t just about making something, it’s about remembering. Every weave is a thread back to something deeper. It’s not just craft — it’s continuity.
Modern Weaving for the New Americana
Modern weaving is basket weaving for the emotionally complex. It’s the process of transforming emotional chaos into clarity, creating space for strategic vision-setting.
I codified it into a simple three-step framework, creating just enough structure to quiet my internal world without flattening it into boredom.
📈 Here’s the formula:
noticing patterns + pulling threads + remixing for meaning = weaving
🧶 The 3-Step Weaving Process
Step 1: Notice what loops. What keeps showing up — in dreams, lyrics, old journals, or random moments?
→ What do I always circle back to?Step 2: Pull what lingers. What stirs something in me — even if I don’t understand why yet?
→ What gives me a feeling even if I can’t name it yet?Step 3: Remix for meaning. What happens when I combine those threads into something new — a playlist, a painting, a pattern?
→ What truth is trying to come through?
Modern Weaving Starter Kit
There are a lot of ways to weave, but I started with music because it gave my emotions somewhere to go before I had words for them.
Following the process was simple:
I noticed which songs were on repeat,
I pulled the ones that stirred something in me, then
I remixed them into playlists based on feeling.
The hard part was sticking with it, but consistency is what makes patterns visible. Over time, I started to see the plot lines I’d been looping on my whole life — spelled out in song titles — and I didn’t like them anymore.
That kind of clarity brought me full circle. Right back to the baskets from kindergarten, and to the importance of grounding my inner world in something physical. Even something as simple as a track list.
Why? Because it’s much easier to solve a problem once you stop hiding from it — and it’s much harder to hide from something you can see.
Thinking 360: Not Everything Is About Me!
Eventually, I started seeing patterns beyond my own story. From Frank Sinatra to Kendrick Lamar to Taylor Alison Swift, the musicians who stand the test of time are weavers too.
They’ve threaded emotional breadcrumbs into their lyrics, remixing truth and memory into personal blueprints for survival and success. If you zoom out, it becomes bigger than any one artist. Collectively, they have built a shared emotional universe — a living archive woven across time, genre, and voice.
I had so much fun exploring it, I lost track of what was mine and what was theirs. The lines blurred, I spiraled into the delusion, and I almost didn’t make it back to reality.
I literally had to draw my way out:
Evermore, Forevermore
That map became Evermore — a multimedia world I built from the threads I pulled. It’s part scrapbook, part storybook, part strategy, and it’s still unfolding. Right now, it has six distinct neighborhoods, each one echoing patterns across pop culture and ancient mythology.
It can serve as a fun puzzle or a visualization tool to kickstart your own weaving practice. For me, it’s become a way to slip in and out of delusion on command — one of the most impressive things I’ve ever taught myself.
As adults, we’re encouraged to trade our imaginations for productivity — to shrink our dreams so we can build someone else’s. But every mission you’ve ever followed started with a wild idea. And more often than not, that idea looked an awful lot like a delusion before it became a vision statement. If not yours… then whose? Ya know?
In the words of Tyler, The Creator:
“To make stuff, you gotta be delusional and when you’re delusional, you need people around you that trust you.”
I finally trust myself and I’m looking forward to earning your trust through authenticity, consistency, and radical empathy.
As always, take what resonates and leave the rest. Happy living!
<3 The Mahvelous Ms. B
PS. They say if you build it, they will come. Let’s find out! This week’s mixtape is a basket I’ve been weaving for quite some time. Here’s how it ends —
🧶 Weaving Resources
The Freefall blueprint — a road to Evermore.
An interactive map of Evermore — get lost!
All my mixtapes on Spotify — inspo if you need it.
Weaving highlights on Instagram — i’m having fun!
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