Madeline Best
a summary of busy hands
a summary of busy hands
This is an incomplete list of the things I have made since March and little moments of daily life. I don’t think of this as art and it does not feel the same, but it is filling a need to make things and so I continue.
Without my usual practice, my hands need to keep doing something as my interactions are split between my family and a screen.
It’s not often that I make things for myself and that has been a small joy.
I knit to get through the zoom meetings, I listen better when my hands are busy. These sweaters equal hours and hours of digital interaction and sometimes an evening movie.
I sew into the night staying up too late and losing track of time.
I am mostly happy with how these things have all turned out.
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