No one has put it into words better than Susannah from The Foundry Home Goods. Yes, this is the laziest possible way to "write" a post for our sorely neglected blog, but we absolutely must direct you to her full post on their website, partly because she put our Ipek towel to excellent and varied use in Tuscany, but mostly because she's a brilliant writer.
From her post:
"Small folding, quick drying, easy washing, practically indestructible, generously sized, effortlessly stylish... the Turkish Towel does everything you want done well on a wander. The obvious: a towel. For swimming and showering, for deeply spiritual experiences bathing in strange, beautiful claw-foot tubs, bubbling natural hot springs, and weird heart-shaped-motel-en-suites alike. But it also does the miraculous: riverside picnic blanket, privacy screen in populous campground, extra layer under a sleeping bag on bumpy ground/over it on chilly nights, seaside sarong, train pillow, laundry bindle, shoulder shawl for goosebumps during full moon dinner parties that stretch into the shivery hours, modesty covering upon entering sacred spaces—from Koutoubia to the Hoh Rain Forest, humidity shield for blown out hair in big city rainstorms, headwrap for smalltown apres-shower cocktail parties. Tablecloth, shade sail, changing table, babe fort. What can't it do?"
Read the whole article here: Postcards from Italy: a love letter to the Turkish Towel
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]]>We took our sweet, sweet time getting this blog started, which perhaps is apropos, as the topic of this post is slooww living!
The creation of Thalassa Home was inspired by our time spent in the Aegean, and the lifestyle we experience there, still suffused with age-old tradition. In secluded communities dotting the coast and islands, slow living is the natural order. When we're there, the simplicity of daily life has the effect of reordering our priorities -- much of what we ordinarily spend time on is abruptly rendered superfluous and inconsequential. We are reminded that time is to be devoted, not spent; and that deliberately dedicating time to something imbues that activity with meaning.
Distractions are ever-present, but we are trying to be more intentional with our time on a daily basis, to focus on building a lifestyle that gives us pleasure and purpose. Thalassa Home was a major step in that direction. We are so grateful to be engaged in the world of traditional craftsmanship, and to be sharing something tactile, practical, and beautiful.
On that note, we are thrilled to share with you this video made by our friends @Kinlake. They captured a bit of their life on the island of Crete, where they make art and music, and are renovating their house into a creative sanctuary (GOALS, for real.) Our textiles make some cameos in their gorgeous scenes so be sure to watch closely!
xo
Home of The Soul | Kinlake x Thalassa Home from Kinlake on Vimeo.
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