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making is it’s own reward

Posted on July 11, 2026 by Art for Housewives

Mr. Wolf calls me a magical thinker. Because magical thinkers believe that thoughts can influence external events. But maybe I’m really a stoic like Marcus Aurelius who said that you are your thoughts. And this I truly believe. I also … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Conditions of Possibility, Daily Aesthetics, Textile Arts | Tagged Cicero, Crafts, Lee Krasner, magical thinking, making, Marcus Aurelius, Memory Cloth, Patchwork, pergola awning, Quilt, quilting, quilts, Sewing, The Quilts of Gee's Bend, virtue is its own reward | 10 Comments

Why not make something?

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Art for Housewives

foto by Chiara Pilar

Posted in Crafts, Drawings & Paintings, Living With Less, Textile Arts | Tagged blackboards, Los Ojos studio, making, solutions | 1 Comment