“Our actions have an effect”
In my last post I talked about the patchwork quilt project for the Fourth Plinth living monument. Well, here’s my patchwork square and a little explanation for my message from the plinth…
The butterfly effect is a simple phrase to describe a more complex part of chaos theory. Basically the idea is that something as tiny as the flutter of a butterfly wing can cause a major and seemingly unrelated event later.
I think our actions are like the butterfly effect. Everything we do has a knock-on to something else and most of the time we will not even know what that is. So, it’s important to try to be aware of the possible consequences of our actions and aim to make them as positive as we can.
This is why my message from the plinth is “our actions have an effect” and the motif of my patchwork square is the butterfly.
Because the patchwork quilt is about celebrating women I’ve used traditionally feminine prints and colours and added the flower which holds the initials of all of the girls and women in my immediate family.
Don’t forget to see the patchwork quilt displayed on the plinth on 12th August at the One and Other website.
love the square :-) must arrange a stitched up gate crash again soon :-)