She was raised during the Great Depression and so, Saar wrote to me recently, she was taught to use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
Saar decides what to reach for based on something she has referred to over the years as mother wit: she feels when a wooden statue, antique doll or rusted dagger is calling to be used.
Saar considers this selection process to be a sacred one. I've always felt that old objects hold a power, she says. They've survived, and they have a sense of the previous owner. They have a spirit.
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