Oh dear, the brain is empty

OK, some of y’all know me better than others, and you might know that when I say I’m going to do something, I do what I say I’m going to do, generally. And I don’t consider promises made to myself any less important. I have serious issues with myself when I don’t do things I say I will. So when I say I’ll keep a blog, I do it. When I say I’m going to post every day, I do it. Such is June, despite the things that happen, and in fact, I want to be able to look back in a year and say yeah, Caper was awesome, and I grieved, and I shared it.

Problem is, when your brain is just tired and sort of, well, blank, it’s hard to actually write a blog post. Note, please, how much I write when I have nothing to say. Gee, why do I write a blog?

So I’m going to point you to something that is worthwhile reading, on the chance you haven’t seen this before. This is an interview on Poppytalk with Faythe Levine who’s responsible for creating the Handmade Nation documentary. So probably many have heard of this, it’s the story of what they call the rise of the “crafting movement.” Whether you think there’s a DIY movement or a crafty resurgence or not (and I’ve heard varying opinions), this collection of ideas and people is quite interesting. Levine conceives of it as documenting people living creatively. She even addresses that sticky question of art vs. craft - where’s that thin line anyway?

You can see the You Tube preview of the documentary. And I like this poster, and I would’ve gotten one except they only seem to have been available at the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn, where I was not. There were only 100, printed in brown, illustration by Kate Bingaman-Burt.