1/28/2007 04:14:00 PM







It's been awhile and now instead of traveling with blog, I'm home and talking about being here in NYC instead of sites far and away. So, now I'm home ensconced with two new kittens and entertaining myself with them and knitting and sculpture. My interest has become tactile, kinesthetic, hands on instead of related to a machine or two dimensional.
After years of taking pictures and graphic design work I am passionate about knitting and working in clay. Go figure!
Or be figurative! Last semester I made a 2 foot Buddha statue and started knitting hats and mittens. Now I'm working on Ganesh studies and making my first sweater. Domestic bliss? I don't know about that, but having things come directly out of my hands and working with color in my hand versus on a screen and having an object versus a picture of an object or scene makes me very happy.Have I turned into a luddite? I guess worse things could happen. BTW- the word luddite comes from Ned Ludd an 18th century British protester who destroyed a knitting machine (yes really) objecting to the mechanizing of tasks done by hand.
Well, personally I'm not protesting (I love my washer/dryer), but slowing down to enjoy simple sensuous things in ones hands, is a nice thing. Besides giving friends hats and mittens is a joy in itself.