So here is my theory, my hypothesis if you will. Maybe the sheer number of WIP is what is causing my making practice to feel stressful and job-like. Maybe the associations my brain is making between one WIP and another, and then the attentional pull of having too much on-the-go could be causing my making practice to feel overwhelming* and less enjoyable than it could.
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This quilt was blogged about over 5 years ago and was probably started 6 years ago. I am going to …. finish. it. #makingacleanslate
So I wrote last week a post asking “Is my making fast fashion?”. And then I did a video on Instagram discussing similar topics in a slightly different way. And as always, you lovely humans have helped me clarify some of my thinking with your thoughtful, clever commentary.
And while I think there is so much more to discuss, here are four key possibly-more-meta ideas that have come up for me out of those conversations.
In using the quote last week that suggested that there was no single answer, and suggesting that this was freeing, I really did mean that we should sit in the grey. Not that the lack of “an” answer to this question should mean we get to ignore the question but rather that the lack of “an” answer means that we need to keep asking bigger more beautiful questions. And keep asking them.
Is my making fast fashion?
Am I living my values or merely thinking them?
And how can I make those two things a little more aligned in this moment?
These are my big beautiful questions.
Yours might be different.
And importantly this leads to point 2.