In a message dated 08/09/2003 23:29:51 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It sounds as if the reporters may have written their articles in their > heads > before they ever showed up, and just came to acquire the specifics to make > it "reporting" instead of "essay". > When people ask me why I do it, lately I've been answering that I do it not > for HAVING lace (that is what collectors do), but because the process > fascinates me. I tell them that the process grabs hold of my emotions and > puts them in order (rather like listening to Bach), and that the process is > addictive and soothing. > When I went to the lace group last weekend, we were discussing why we choose this pattern over that pattern and most of us agreed that once you had got off doing a piece because it was a progression in your knowledge, you tended to do something for one of two reasons: 1) Present - it was just right for the person 2) Technical achievement - 'that looks like fun' theory of lace making. In fact, most of the time I use reason 2 to make something for reason 1 - ie that looks like fun AND I can give it to XXX Any thoughts spiders? Regards Liz Beecher I'm <A HREF="http://journals.aol.com/thelacebee/thelacebee";>blogging</A> now - see what it's all about - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
