Embroidery is a recent interest of mine. I ordered a kit and embroidered one of my favorite white T-shirts, extending its life in much the same way I have long enjoyed shopping consignment. I like giving objects of clothing another chapter. The focused attention required to make something by hand, one stitch at a time, is meditative for me.

That is one of the reasons I was so excited to see Diana Weymar’s Tiny Pricks Project, which I have followed on Instagram, installed in the windows of Lingua Franca in the West Village. The project transforms quotations from figures as varied as Stephen Colbert, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and many others into hand-embroidered works. Language that might otherwise disappear into the constant stream of news and conversation is given permanence through the quiet labor of embroidery.

Embroidery has long been associated with decoration, domesticity, and women’s work. That history gives the project much of its resonance. Every stitch is patient, intentional, and made with care. Words that were once spoken become objects that ask us to stop, read, and think.

I left wanting to embroider something else.