Dear Spinning Circle,

This month we are joined by Suzanne Reyes, a long-time member of our community who had the opportunity to work on a year-long project called The Importance of Every Day Creativity. We had a wonderful conversation about the depth and breadth of creativity in our every day lives. She has presented this to faculty, students and now shared her story here! Enjoy!

More is available on Patreon here

Thank you to Suzanne for taking time today to chat with us about her project - it was very inspiring!

Definitions:

Generativity - a concern for establishing and guiding the next generation, originally coined by psychoanalyst Erik Erikson; the ability to transcend personal interests to provide care and concern for younger and older generations

Fibonacci - a sequence in which each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc ...)

Suzanne mentions many books throughout the podcast & I have linked to many of them below:

A Fine Fleece: Knitting with Handspun Yarns by Lisa Lloyd

A Craftsman's Legacy: Why Working with Our Hands Gives Us Meaning by Eric Gorges

Craft in America (YouTube)

Great Barrier Reef Crochet Project here

Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years by Elizabeth Wayland Barber

The Quilts of Gee's Bend by Susan Goldman Rubin

Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters by Patricia A. Turner

Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women's Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora by Edvige Giunta & Josepf Sciorra

The Fabric of Civilization by Virginia Postrel

The Knitting Brigades of WWI by Holly Korda

The Secret Lives of Home Economics by Danielle Dreilinger

Connect with Suzanne for more information about her project:

Slack ID: @Suzanne_Reyes

Email: vsreyes4490 {at} yahoo {dot} com

Leave further questions about the project below, or this subject in general, and we will discuss them in a follow-up episode!

Until next time,

Happy Spinning!