Every craft I read about, I want to do.
I have my hands in so many media that I overwhelm myself. I think the T.S. Eliot quote fits:
If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?"
Let's face it, that's a quote you could use to describe alot of situations - yet it really refers to a style, a way of approaching things like I do. Jump in with both feet and find out how deep it really is.
So I've gotten into whatever media to create and craft that I can. I love to work with my hands - even my "other job" uses my hands, sign language interpreting.
Am I growing in skills or flitting? Developing or losing interest? Jack of all trades (master of none) or Renaissance Woman?
Doesn't really matter, whichever it is, it feels my soul. I have to create, I have to make, I have to use my hands because they're all inexplicably connected to my spirit.
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I always tell people that making things/being creative is what feeds my soul, I'd fall apart if I can't be creative in some way. There are clearly a lot of us about like this.
I can't remember a time when I DIDN'T make things. I always got new art supplies for Bday/Christmas plus 'kits'. Embroidery, woodburning,paint-by-#, etc. I made doll clothes w/ rubber bands & scraps & my Gramie taught me how to make paper beads, ( & Oh how I treasure the string I still have!). So yes, while everyone does seem to say it, I have been making/cradfting as long as I can think back. Cute bird house sets btw. I am in the midst of trying to let go of a goddess bead I got from you for the next bead soup, it is SO hard to let go!
Cindy, your words so perfectly express how & why quite a few of us out there/here try many things. It's all about using your hands, creating something of your own, & the fire it lights in your soul. Sometimes I think I actually 'glow'. LOL
So well said that creating is connected to your spirit. I find that too and that often it is hard to describe why, when, or how I do what I do. It's lovely to know that there are others like you who feel a calling to create for the sense of being it gives.
Huh. I must be the exception then. I certainly haven't been crafting all my life. Mostly because my teachers thought I was awful at arts & crafts, and said so. I failed too many art assignments than I can remember. It made me avoid making anything with my hands for a good 15 years before I started dabbling in things like decoupage etc. I've only been beading and making jewellery for 2 years, and wish I'd started sooner. It's sooo therapeutic.
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