Mending in the traditional sense – fixing a hole in a dress, darning a sock – is a long, slow, focused process. Mending is patient, physical, and persistent; when one is mending, they have not yet reached the destination of healed, but are presently participating in the act of healing.

What does it mean to be present and active in the process of healing? When something needs to be fixed, how do you begin to put the pieces back together? Where do you locate processes of mending and healing in your body? In your everyday routines? In your actions, both intentional and non-intentional?

For Jelly Squid's fourth standard issue, we'd like you to send us work that reflects on the idea of mending as a slow process of repair. To us, mending feels physical, intentional, and patient; what does mending feel like to you?