I promised myself I wouldn’t do any more of these.
I really promised. Cross my heart and hope to die.
And then … while sniffing around eBay …
This showed up.
Jt’s a burlap sack, featuring a Native American maiden. It didn’t look like the typical potato sack Indian image, which was either a gruff-looking old Indian chief, or someone in a stereotypical war dance. Ugh.
So what can I do with this arguably cute image?
Well, I thought about stitching this up with yarns and strings. Maybe go deeper with this than my previous burlap projects.
But after much thought…
I ditched the project.
And here’s why.
What might have seemed like a noble and fun idea really couldn’t be done without being offensive or improper. Essentially if I have to come up with a reason for doing this project… if I have to justify it… then it’s not worth the bother.
So I’ll just hold on to this sack… I won’t embroider it.
Besides, I found a much better image – one that doesn’t connote an image that could be treated as insensitive.
In other words… I can do better.
We all should strive to do better.
You’ve really lost your mind these last couple of years. Why aren’t you concerned about your Jesus Saves pic with the lightning bolts you added being offensive?
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