Artist vs. Craftswoman
Jan. 23rd, 2023 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
writerkitI am not an artist. Craftswoman, yes, and writer, and performer, and occasionally a musician, but not an artist.
And I came across the rather amusing contrast when I was in the arts-and-crafts store yesterday: I take forever in both the art section and the craft section. In the art section, this is because I am spending time trying to figure out what the differences are in the nine million varieties of the one thing I sort of know how to use and if I care about any of those differences, and looking for kneadable erasers. (Which you would think would be near the charcoal. YOU WOULD THINK.)
In the craft section, I take forever because I am designing jewelry in my head.
Thus we illustrate the difference between the novice and the proficient.
And I came across the rather amusing contrast when I was in the arts-and-crafts store yesterday: I take forever in both the art section and the craft section. In the art section, this is because I am spending time trying to figure out what the differences are in the nine million varieties of the one thing I sort of know how to use and if I care about any of those differences, and looking for kneadable erasers. (Which you would think would be near the charcoal. YOU WOULD THINK.)
In the craft section, I take forever because I am designing jewelry in my head.
Thus we illustrate the difference between the novice and the proficient.
