What is it about changing the world as it is
that fascinates creative people,
and why do people become obsessed with making
the things they make?
In this case, back about 50 years ago, someone crocheted
around a miniature rolling pin and then attached two cup hooks,
from which they dangled matching doilies
(Listed in my etsy shop).
It's a strange elaboration of a handsome, useful object-
the rolling pin- into a completely inutile one,
which can only be hung on the wall and admired after the maker
has finished with it.
Was this a kit?
Or did the maker come up with an original design?
Why?
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More compelling obsession IMHO-
swiped from Andrew Sullivan
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I think people get very attached to things. we hate to let them go, and if we can transform them it becomes wonderful to us.
Funky Organic Audio Headphones?
very much a mystery!
Document of a very, very boring life.
Eva- I'm not sure about that, we are all insisting that our vision must be seen...and I have to admit, I like the color choices.
I think, sometimes, we just have to make. There's a control element in it too. And then some things say 'effort' so clearly it is hard to let them go. That said, the covered rolling pin is surreal.
And the why is always because it was there.
This photo made my day...;)
P.S. Still reading, the long one (I´m reading it on the subway, which takes its time as I don´t have to go often, fortunately - and a good idea not to read it at night in bed, bloodcurdling as it is...)
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