Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Self-Portrait Tuesday: Of the Inward Variety

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The question has been posed: Why create and buy handmade?

I am a creative individual. There is no reason for me to think act eat learn look like every other American of this generation.

The question has been posed: Why spend two hours two day two weeks two months creating something that can be bought and made mine in five minutes?

When you create you learn something about yourself. You become part of a tradition that so many before you made a reality. You depend on yourself to determine who you become rather than depending on Ralph Lauren Banana Republic Wonder Bread Target. You teach yourself how to be you instead of allowing Brad Pitt Lindsay Lohan Julia Roberts to dictate who what how you should be.

The question has been posed: Why create?

'Why not?' is my response.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What a reflective and very thoughtful essay...