It’s magic when that happens, isn’t it? :D When it becomes a joy, it makes all of the rest worthwhile.

As long as you are “exposing yourself” to your art, and others, who cares what labels are put upon you. Oh, that’s right. YOU care.

The issue is choosing what you want to be, and how you want to define yourself by others rules and regulations. What fascinates me is how some people get stuck in the process of choosing and don’t move forward. Watching them decide for themselves how to define themselves gets them off the fence and onto the next thought.

However, I’ve long held the believe that not everyone should blog, which is the real point of the post. Everyone should find their own passion, and if they choose to share it with the world, they better learn how how to technically share it well, but if you are a writer, write. If you are a knitter, knit. If you can do both, do it both. But if you aren’t a writer and you write, and you aren’t a knitter and you knit, who is hurt with the effort?

Be yourself, whatever the label. And find passion in the doing not the labeling.

Amber, thank YOU for being so inspiring. And a lesson in the fact that inspiration can be found anywhere. Thank you.

This isn’t about right or wrong in choosing your labels or even having those labels put upon you. It’s about deciding for yourself what is MOST important in your life and what defines you, for your personal sanity. Many people struggle with their labels, but you are right. We can’t neglect what is truly important – and that is deciding for ourselves how we define ourselves.

However, readers can spot insincerity and fake blogging. If you aren’t being honest with yourself via your blog, we notice. And we leave.

What if you can’t knit? I can crochet with the best of them… can turn a straight piece of yarn (or fabric scraps thank to my great-grandmother) into works of art… but not by knitting.

Is the same true for blogging? Are we, in our infinite short-sightedness, excluding alternate forms of publication by admitting bloggers to a secret club? What about alternative forms of knowing? Are they not viable in the community of bloggers?

Education is struggling with this concept at the higher levels. What qualifies knowledge to be complete and whole and valid? How is it displayed? How is it rejected?

Western societies are hog-tied to the idea of a formally written dissertation complete with the standard 5 chapters. But what is a dissertation if not an expression and showcasing of knowledge sought and learned? Are other methods valid? I sure hope so… we’ll see how the Ed. community picks up on this in the next few years as words become open and knowledge becomes free of boundaries.

Until then, I hope that bloggers and knitters alike can make way for the crocheters among us… just as education must make way for the fearful among the ranks… it’s all an interwoven blanket of communal wisdom after-all.

HM

great posts to follow

Thanks for reading (and let me know if you’re on ravelry).