Elizabeth said ... ah yes, a manifesto. I have been thinking of writing a manifesto lately too! (clarifying my mission statement for the decade ahead on account of turning 30 this year....) Let's all write manifestos!


Brown Pants said ... Ooooh, Ooooh, Pick me! I'd love a postcard!!


Green Kitchen said ... Save one of those postcards for me if you still have one. :)


Kuky said ... "Resist conformity, think for yourself and go make some stuff of your very own." That's great!

I have a friend who is a model of conformity. I remember taking a class with her where we were discussing I don't remember what but I can remember quite clearly to this day how she basically said she would follow along with what everyone else was doing because of fear, like a sheep. I was so mad, I was bristling in anger. I couldn't believe I had a friend that would, could think that. And for some reason your post made me think of her. Maybe because she is the complete opposite. Not creative, not wanting to change the world, the absolute belief that she can't make a difference...

Well foo to her! VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN!!


Kuky said ... Oh and I totally got caught up in the manifesto. I also wanted to say I can't wait to see the ornaments!


Funky Finds said ... I received my postcard yesterday! So nice to receive something cute & fun amist all the junk & bills! Thank you :)


Blaize said ... I always think that if you want to write a manifesto, the best models are the Manifesto-Writers Supreme: i.e. communists and socialists. Therefore, I recommend looking at the preambles of the Industrial Workers of the World, both the original and the current ones: http://www.iww.org/culture/official/
SaintJohn1.shtml#preamble

I think that something like "There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of working people and the few, who make up the employing class, have all the good things of life" can be, with some thought, used as a mode of expression that would result in the most forceful, dedicated, and passionate personal or craft manifesto imaginable. But then again, what do I know? I'm just a word geek.


Bitterbetty said ... Oh my god. I loved that manifesto.. but the fact you got a comment from Blaize really blows my mind.

And the fact that it appears your ornaments are all done also makes me weak in the knees.. (i am close but not yet complete.)

I will have a manifesto by the new year.. that is my mini manifesto du jour.


Hilde C. said ... Mark Boyd's manifesto is great!
It reminded me of something that happened many years ago, when I was still a teenager. My class visited an art gallery. I stood there, looking at a picture painted in one colour only, and with a simple red line painted on top of that. I asked my teacher: How could you call that art? Everybody can do that. My teacher answered: We can call it art because although everybody can do that, this man actually did it.
His answer shut me up and gave me something to think about :-)


futuregirl said ... We don't know our own power to change the world, Blaize. There are so many more of us than them, but I fear we won't realize it in my lifetime.

That *is* the kind of manifesto I want to write. Making things with my own two hands *means* something to me. I believe that when I spend my time making things it changes the world in a way that's positive, in a way that I don't when I just watch TV or play Tetris.

 
Elizabeth said ... Hey! I just picked up my aunt's wonderful bag I ordered from you! I knew it was super cute but I didn't even realize that it had that incredibly charming lining with the birdcage print! Oh my goodness, I flipped out when I looked inside and saw that!