We used to say that humans were the only animal to make tools, but that turns out to be flat-out wrong. It would be misguided to say that we are the only beings to make art—don’t whales create songs? We are, however, the only animal to have figured out the glories of cooking. Go, humans!
How do you express your creativity through food?
It kind of seems like a miracle—that one can make warm, wearable art with intricate, beautiful patterns, just with some string and a couple of sticks.
What act of creation astounds you?
“In the rising of the sun and in it’s going down, we remember them…. So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are now a part of us, as we remember them.”
Who are you remembering this Memorial Day?
There is nothing delicate about the process of ironwork—it involves searing heat and bludgeoning pressure. The act of creation isn’t always pretty, even if the results are.
When have you been through the fire to bring something to birth?
“Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.” -T.S. Eliot
What endeavors do you worry about?
