“The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you’re alive and die only when you’re dead. [...] To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest [...]
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Now that I’m back from Guatemala, all I can think about is trash. Garbage. Waste. Sewage. Landfill. Bins. Dumps. After thinking about prettier things for ages, it’s been weird to think instead about trash. It’s not pretty, cute, lovely, soft, cuddly or cozy. It’s gross. Today over on one of my other projects, Make and [...]
Like many of you, I’ve seen far too many photographs of the destruction and devastation in Haiti. Today, I’ve been looking for the proper words.
Over the past few days, I’ve been speechless about the events in Haiti. There are some things that a warm hand-knitted scarf or soft blanket won’t heal. And you watch the [...]
For a long, long time now, I’ve been focusing on primarily the indie craft world in English speaking countries. As I’ve lived in both the UK and the US they’ve gotten the most attention, with Canada and Australia** lagging behind. Well, guess what?
I’m flip-flopping and focusing more on international craft these days instead of mainly [...]
For the past few days, there’s been a bit of an online kerfuffle about race and craft and the group Knitta, Please. As a result, the Knitta, Please website now defaults to MagdaSayeg.com. Here’s a link to a post about it on my friend Cinnamon’s blog because she provides the Cliff’s Notes version with links. [...]
