What knitter wouldn't want to pick up the needles and cast on something when seeing this bowl? I suppose that a woodworker or a carver gets that kind of urge when a great piece of board appears in front of him or her. Gardeners strolling through a nursery know the feeling of wanting to put their hands in the soil and get going. Farmers want to fire up the tractors this time of year.
It's the human condition to want to make something tangible. Quilters cut up fabric and carefully piece it into color and form. Sculptors bring shape and line from stone and marble. Cooks bring together color and taste and texture on one plate. An inventor fiddles and new products emerge.
The urge to create, to make something. How human. How humbling to be a creator, just for a moment.
Copyright 2011
Wanda Hayes Eichler
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