I am no longer ashamed to admit, that I expose myself to a lot of odd things on Youtube. Mind you, I’m not out there looking for truth. I’m mostly looking for cute animal things, crafts, exercise and beauty miracles (that I don’t do and probably don’t work), various white noise sounds to help me sleep, and, most importantly, following the bizarre things that show up in my video feed. It fascinates me to no end to see how other people invest their time and attention, and how they are willing to see reality* from new perspectives. And how they make their cases for supporting their views.
Remember, I said I’m not looking for truth. But have you seen, did you know, that Paul is dead, and it’s Faul who took his place? That the Earth is really flat (old news never dies, screw you ancient Greek scientists! And probably ancient Indian and Persian scientists too, who never get credit for much of anything!) (Seriously, the variety of proofs people offer on this topic is stunning.) Or did you know how video evidence of fairies is really out there? (They seem kind of mean, when they’re being videoed.) Or, Holy Cow!, have you seen how ancient giants were turned into mountains and stone, the evidence on that is amazing! And then there’s aliens, secret space programs, weird weather, super cool fringe science, Sphinx mysteries, all the classic and the newer political theories (q-anon is awesome!), and alllllllll the things to discover on alllllllll the horrible ways people treat each other (I’m not trying to be glib on this point, it’s just too devastating to try and list them.)
Like I said, I’m not looking for truth, but I’m not ruling out some of these arguments as being true either. I am reveling in the endless ways there are to see and interpret our world. And I am channelling that joy into being creative, and to seeing how much more of my kind of world I can create.
For the past three months, Pffftttttt….I’ve been a slug, creatively speaking. Creating sluggery. I dutifully finished another quilt (photos above), painted a few Christmas decorations and got through the holidays. But there was nothing juicy and new going on. I’m fine with that, because I was imagining having a Crafter’s Open House, and watching a lot of videos and cruising a lot of blogs to find inspiration on what the projects would be, and on how I could use my existing materials. I sifted ideas. I incubated potentials. I unpacked a lot of totes and kept being surprised by all the materials I have on-hand.
My Crafter’s Open House happened this past Sunday. From 2pm to 7pm, I was in my home and any of my invitees were welcome to show up at any point during that time and make something. My project options were to make a stuffed snowman or gnome, make a multi-media collage or to make a paper lantern. Instructions for each of these will eventually arise here. The Open House attendees (thank you Zerik, Danielle, Marion and Emilie!) opted to make gnomes.
They came out charming, earthy, and even piratey! And well moustached. We had a good time exploiting our basic sewing skills and the hot glue guns, and the gnomes sparkle with as much unique personality as their creators. I had intended to have a drawing for door prizes, but forgot, so those will roll into the next Open House.
Ok, I just invested about 20 minutes watching Youtube videos of real live gnomes caught on camera, thinking I would post one here. But, I just can’t do that to you. You would be much better off just looking for gnomes in your own home. I’m sure they’re there. (FYI – a lot of these video sightings seem to happen in small rooms occupied by children in Mexico. Go figure.)
Soon to creep out of a corner near you…… Folk Gnomes (and Snowmen) for Home and Show.
*did you know we are living in a simulated reality? Evidence for glitches in the matrix is everywhere. Look in mirrors.
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