Sometimes I think that there is a danger in definition.

Even though it’s not something I’ve ever really mentioned here, I began this blog a few years ago because I really believed that there is a special kind of energy created when craft and activism are done in conjunction.

While it’s seen me through many different moves, thoughts, periods in politics, I was really just curious if it was possible to promote an idea without really self-promoting via the wonders of the internet. I’m happy to note that now instead of just two links (here and here, there are over 300. There’s even a formal definition over at Wikipedia!

Lately I’ve been wondering what different directions I want to go in on here, so if you have any ideas, feel free to get in touch.

Even though I write alot about different places/projects to donate your various efforts, craftivism (to me, atleast) is about more than that.

It’s also about using your talents as a way to note your dissent, approval, frustration or other various emotions in a mode other than bog standard marching with placards and yelling.

The quietest forms of protest will always win my heart and my love. Because they find a way for us to rethink and reexamine our own thoughts.

So you can imagine I was more than pleased to come across the work of Patrice Lehocky of Takewrning.com.

The way that

becomes

reminds me of the myriad ways that craft and activism will always be intrinsically intertwined. And reinstates my adoration and belief in quiet acts of protest.