A couple of years ago, at a Society for Creative Anachronism Arts & Sciences event for the Kingdom (region), I had entered some reticello I'd worked on.
As I was sitting and talking with people, one man came up to me (who is really into making chain mail items), picked up my piece of lace, and told me how he could never have the patience to do that. All the intricate work, all the time put into it. He'd be throwing the thing across the room in no time! I knew he made his own chain mail armor, and asked him how long it took him to do that. Did he make the rings himself, or did he buy them pre-made? He started talking about how to make the rings (as he made them himself) and how long it took to make a chain mail shirt. Then I brought the conversation back to the lace by saying, "See, I could never do what you do. I would never have the patience to cut the rings and make something as huge as your armor! And when my lace goes flying (which it does), and it hits the TV, at least the lace is soft and it doesn't break the TV screen!" He understood. Most people have something they love doing that takes a lot of time and effort to do well. They just don't realize that whatever it is that somebody else is doing is their thing that they love and takes a lot of time and effort to do well. Branwyn On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Tatman <tat...@tat-man.net> wrote: > On 8/12/10 12:09 AM, "robinl...@socal.rr.com" <robinl...@socal.rr.com> > wrote: > > > > The "patience" comment always comes up whether I am tatting, bobbinlace or > whatever. I, too, tell them I have no patience. And my wife reiterates > that statement emphatically LOL!! I only have patience for what I want to > have. Example: tools that don't work, operator error, inanimate objects > that > get in my way. > > > -- Per pale argent and purpure, two phoenixes counterchanged sable and argent each rising from flames proper. "It is sometimes the most fragile things that have the power to endure and become sources of strength." - May Sarton "Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living."- Albert Einstein "Out of clutter, find Simplicity. From discord, find Harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." - Albert Einstein "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
