Over and over I've seen how learning to accept mistakes in art/craft helps people learn how to accept the mistakes in themselves.
A few years ago I did a huge collaborative crochet project to raise awareness about depression, suicide, and crafting to heal after the death of crochet designer Marinke Slump. Many people sent in their crochet mandalas with a note that said that there were mistakes, it wasn't perfect, it was messy, but that they felt welcome to share that anyway because us humans are messy mistake-filled creatures and we are no less beautiful for it.
It was a really special project. I ended up doing two years of nearly daily blog posts sharing the contributions alongside people's thoughts about the topic and some related resources, having two in person art shows, and creating a sort of coffee table book.
Creating what feels right instead of focusing on perfection is freeing. It held me captive for a long time. I’ve been telling myself this a lot lately. Good read.
Over and over I've seen how learning to accept mistakes in art/craft helps people learn how to accept the mistakes in themselves.
A few years ago I did a huge collaborative crochet project to raise awareness about depression, suicide, and crafting to heal after the death of crochet designer Marinke Slump. Many people sent in their crochet mandalas with a note that said that there were mistakes, it wasn't perfect, it was messy, but that they felt welcome to share that anyway because us humans are messy mistake-filled creatures and we are no less beautiful for it.
"and we are no less beautiful for it"
This is so good. Thanks for sharing! Sounds like the the crochet project was a success!
And yes we are messy mistake filled creatures for sure!
It was a really special project. I ended up doing two years of nearly daily blog posts sharing the contributions alongside people's thoughts about the topic and some related resources, having two in person art shows, and creating a sort of coffee table book.
https://www.amazon.com/Mandalas-Marinke-Collaborative-Awareness-Depression/dp/1978252285?ref_=ast_sto_dp
Creating what feels right instead of focusing on perfection is freeing. It held me captive for a long time. I’ve been telling myself this a lot lately. Good read.
Thank you Temi as always for your authenticity.
Thanks so much for reading!