"When you create things you become alive. When you create beautiful things, you don’t want to die. You don’t think about death. You think about growth. . . . You want to create more, and you can see yourself as adding to the beauty of the world.”
— Olutosin Oladosu Adebowale, quoted in Nicole Nehrig's With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories
This is one of the most powerful quotes I've read in a long time because it's how I feel as I crochet, as I write, as I speak, as I create anything at all. I am adding to the beauty of the world.
So many nights, I crochet and cry. I put my pain and my grief and my heartbreak into the stitches. The yarn holds memories of my mother and father. My blankets absorb my sorrow, and they are evidence of my life force, my indefatigable spirit, and my devotion to art and beauty.