Comments on: On the value of craft http://www.tienchiu.com/2009/04/on-the-value-of-craft/ Tien Chiu's website Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:05:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sarah Nopp http://www.tienchiu.com/2009/04/on-the-value-of-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Sarah Nopp Thu, 21 May 2009 03:55:50 +0000 http://travelingtiger.com/blog/?p=1834#comment-753 I am so happy I found your blog. I love to look at all the photos of course, but you put such care into your writing. Thank you. I am so happy I found your blog. I love to look at all the photos of course, but you put such care into your writing. Thank you.

]]> By: Kathy Spitler http://www.tienchiu.com/2009/04/on-the-value-of-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-751 Kathy Spitler Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:11:34 +0000 http://travelingtiger.com/blog/?p=1834#comment-751 I don't know where it comes from and I don't know if it's an american thing, but we are always comparing ourselves to some standard of perfection and permanence. Why does what we do have to be the best or even permanent? Why isn't it enough to just enjoy the personal challenge, the process, and/or the final result? We and what we do does not require a purpose. We and it just are. If it brings us joy that's enough. Sometimes being the best does bring us joy. Great! But sometimes our struggle brings us frustration and disappointment. And that's fine too, perhaps we learn something great. But it's not necessary. We don't have to do it everytime. Joy is our purpose. I don’t know where it comes from and I don’t know if it’s an american thing, but we are always comparing ourselves to some standard of perfection and permanence. Why does what we do have to be the best or even permanent? Why isn’t it enough to just enjoy the personal challenge, the process, and/or the final result? We and what we do does not require a purpose. We and it just are. If it brings us joy that’s enough. Sometimes being the best does bring us joy. Great! But sometimes our struggle brings us frustration and disappointment. And that’s fine too, perhaps we learn something great. But it’s not necessary. We don’t have to do it everytime. Joy is our purpose.

]]> By: Daryl Lancaster http://www.tienchiu.com/2009/04/on-the-value-of-craft/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Daryl Lancaster Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:11:21 +0000 http://travelingtiger.com/blog/?p=1834#comment-752 Well said Tien. I don't think of myself as a quilter, quilting doesn't interest me, more because quilting doesn't challenge me. I adore the challenge and the variety of skills involved in garments, even more so if they are handwoven. Not everyone thinks dimensionally, I am someone who does, and the flat plane of a quilt, like the flat canvas of a painting doesn't draw me in the way a dressform does. Daryl Well said Tien. I don’t think of myself as a quilter, quilting doesn’t interest me, more because quilting doesn’t challenge me. I adore the challenge and the variety of skills involved in garments, even more so if they are handwoven. Not everyone thinks dimensionally, I am someone who does, and the flat plane of a quilt, like the flat canvas of a painting doesn’t draw me in the way a dressform does.

Daryl

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