Making Art

I have been making art. I love to do crafty stuff like sewing and baking... but it's been a long time since I've done any art. Those two categories are very different in my mind and lacking expression in the latter has been a source of stress. There are a lot of tedious reasons for that lack, but at least I'm trying to remedy it now.

I've seen a lot of the following quote:
"A laborer works with his hands,
a craftsman works with his hands and head,
an artist works with his hands, head, and heart."

I can't give an attribution and google was no help. In any case, I happen to disagree with this quote and would rephrase it as follows:

"Laborers work with their hands,
craftsmen with hands and hearts,
but the artist works with her hands, heart, and soul."
-- Venecia, original version unknown

That means that while sewing is a crafty endeavor (using hands and heart) it's not the same as painting or drawing. And writing an essay is different, for me, from writing poetry or fiction.

I don't claim these definitions are universal, but that's how it works for me. In any case, I've been working on art involving paper cutting (scherenschnitt). It's very meditative to work on, as opposed to crafty stuff (which I would describe and challenging and stimulating). As the pieces are complete I will post pictures here.