It is curious – these relationships that we cultivate via the Internet with makers and thinkers who we feel connected to but may have never met. This does not concern me per se, but I am definitely on a mission to make my sustained conversations with others, near and far, as tactile as possible.
This is partly the idea behind Lost in Fiber | The Gathering as well as the creative dialogues that I cultivate between NYC, Bulgaria, and beyond. Sometimes you have to go the extra distance when sharing with those who you do not have a regular in-person exchange with.
This is the 500th post on this blog. A journal that I have been keeping since March 2006.
You would think that I might have more posts throughout the course of seven years, but my attention was often divided during this time between writing for others, having twins in 2007, and then, of course, traveling between various places as an artist, mother, and wife.
Thanks to this blog, though, I was able to empower myself as a creative to reach out to (and even attract on some level) individuals who I was meant to be connected to – regardless of our ages, backgrounds, and locales.
For this, I am truly thankful, as my blog has made my life quite tactile and rich in ways that I might never have imagined. The very act of documenting one's work, the balance between conceiving and sharing work in progress, and even the humility that comes from testing certain things and realizing that some folks just might do it better – has made this overall conversation quite real.
Self-portrait (Sofia | November 2013)
I genuinely believe that the more we (thoughtfully) share, the more it becomes clear who we are and how all of the pieces might fit together. Our collective core now pines for this.
Post 501? I am always open to what presents itself.
