Ostersund has a great museum, and my family loves museums (kids, did you hear that, you LOVE museums.
This particular museum has a lot of interesting stuff.
But the PRIDE of this museum are the five elaborate WOVEN tapestries, dating from 1000 years ago! They were painstakingly woven so that both the front and back have images. The colors are original!! And, despite considerable effort, no one really knows the message of the weavers. This was the period of Vikings, and the replacement of paganism with Christianity. So the message could be a pagan one, or a Christian one.
This raises a vital question. IF someone looked at the tapestry of my life, what message would they get?
This particular museum has a lot of interesting stuff.
But the PRIDE of this museum are the five elaborate WOVEN tapestries, dating from 1000 years ago! They were painstakingly woven so that both the front and back have images. The colors are original!! And, despite considerable effort, no one really knows the message of the weavers. This was the period of Vikings, and the replacement of paganism with Christianity. So the message could be a pagan one, or a Christian one.
We LOVE museums. We LOVE museums. We LOVE museums...
ReplyDeleteI really do like museums, because you guys taught me to appreciate them. Thanks!