origin
from oriri: the coming out of the stars
weave
from weban, wefta, Old English
weft, cross thread
web
the coming out
of the cross-star
the interlacing of
warp and weft
to imagine the first cross
intertwining of branches and twigs
to make a nest
to give birth
the first spinning of a thread
to cross spiraling
a vegetable fiber imitating a vine
the first thread coming out of fleece trapped in
vegetation
the first cross to warp and weft
union of high and low, sky and earth,
woman and man
the first know, beginning of the spiral:
life and death, birth and rebirth
textile, text, context
from teks: to weave, to fabricate, to make wicker or
wattle for mud-coverd walls (Paternosto)
sutra: sacred Buddhist text
thread (Sanskrit)
tantra: sacred text derived from the Vedas: thread
ching: as in Tao Te Ching or I Ching
sacred book: warp
wei: its commentaries: weft
Quechua: the sacred language
derived from q’eswa:
rope or cord made of straw
to weave a new form of thought:
connect
bring together in one
Vicuña, Cecilia. “Unravelling Words & the Weaving of Water”. Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 1992. p. 9-10. Translated by Eliot Weinberger and Suzanne Jill Levine.