Archive for February 6th, 2007

06 Feb

Simplify

From Tao De Jing: 19 Simplify
Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 Peter A. Merel
If we could abolish knowledge and wisdom
Then people would profit a hundredfold;
If we could abolish duty and justice
Then harmonious relationships would form;
If we could abolish artifice and profit
Then waste and theft would disappear.
Yet such remedies treat only symptoms
And so they are [...]

06 Feb

It’s a pickle

Tied into things that I quantify there is worth, price, cost, usefulness. Pretty much in that order as it relates to handcrafts and art.
I noticed while listening to Lime and Violet that while they raved over yarns that the word “cheap” came up again and again. This is in no way a criticism against them, [...]