Without pillows, what would support our heads as we sleep? Cradling a head, the most tired, heaviest like a boulder head, protecting the fears, the most intense, weakest like a fraile twig fears, and holding the dreams, the most private, closest like a best friend dreams, a pillow is safety. Safety at the most vulnerable state, curled up, tightly wound in a fuzzy blanket that radiates heat to our cold bodies, the soft, feather-light pillow supports the head and neck. Slowly, as tired, drooping eyes begin to close, shutting off the brain and allowing rest, the mind begins to wander, and at that moment in time, the only thing that matters is that there is something there to catch you, your pillow. Pillows love. Pillows speak. Pillows care.
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Pillows are an essential part of well-made beds. Whether it be to physically support their necks or their heads, or to spiritually be there for them in way other humans cannot, people use pillows for their own individual reasons. Each pillow is different. Some are made of feathers, some polyester, and some down. These three types physically make each pillow different, but is there anything more to it? Slowly as your head hits the pillow, you hear a soft, comforting squish of the fibers that comprise this safety baring object, and this sense of security is completely reliant on the individuality of each pillow. Could each pillow be unique to each human because of the dreams stored there? If humans allow other individuals to borrow their pillow, what will happen to their helpless, sacred dreams? One strong reason to trust in pillows is their ability to speak. They speak to their human, and to themselves, but never reveal the dreams or secrets they have been entrusted with to hold to themselves forever. Pillows speak to the person who slowly lies down their head on their fluffy, soft surface, encouraging them with a sense of tranquility in the soft, fragile voice that only the person intimately close can hear to relax as they enter into the most vulnerable state of humanity,
Pillows are an essential part of well-made beds. Whether it be to physically support their necks or their heads, or to spiritually be there for them in way other humans cannot, people use pillows for their own individual reasons. Each pillow is different. Some are made of feathers, some polyester, and some down. These three types physically make each pillow different, but is there anything more to it? Slowly as your head hits the pillow, you hear a soft, comforting squish of the fibers that comprise this safety baring object, and this sense of security is completely reliant on the individuality of each pillow. Could each pillow be unique to each human because of the dreams stored there? If humans allow other individuals to borrow their pillow, what will happen to their helpless, sacred dreams? One strong reason to trust in pillows is their ability to speak. They speak to their human, and to themselves, but never reveal the dreams or secrets they have been entrusted with to hold to themselves forever. Pillows speak to the person who slowly lies down their head on their fluffy, soft surface, encouraging them with a sense of tranquility in the soft, fragile voice that only the person intimately close can hear to relax as they enter into the most vulnerable state of humanity,