When Obsession Speaks
Artisans and craftspeople may describe their work but we know when their work speaks to us. The things in life that win our attentions will define us whether or not we admit how that also plays into our larger self equation. Just what the artisan's work is saying depends on us--- as observers, users, critics, consumers, dare I say, freaks, buffs, connoisseurs? Our desires project in the ways we express ourselves and that invariably includes how we choose to look, all that what we say and do. Our distrust of appearances is not unfounded---books, covers, judging, you know---but how we invest in appearance is too often consigned to vice, as if vanity were the only message. It's important to offer others a view of how we construct our values, though we cannot control their reactions. There are good reasons to dress well enough to make your point. We also now that the good stuff will cost ya'. Those costs are as emotional as they are material. We're always grappling