Image on left:  "Binding Up The Blues" is a textiles "survivance" strategy practiced by Indigenous Needle & Piece Goods Fiber-making women who held onto small batch indigo and natural dyeing techniques as medicine on the Sea Islands near the port of Charleston. Using materials forged from the land, indigo medicine work was commonly done on the new moon and full moon. For rural people living on the land, the phases of the moon are markers of time. The darkness of the new moon represents new beginnings by focusing intentions on short and long-term goals. The full moon is about positive energy, light, love, "what if" possibilities, hope for better days, and the pleasures of life.