Creativity as You Age

Some of us are a little late to the game.

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Are we too late to the game Sometimes we don’t arrive at all. But that’s okay. We need to know what we want to do, especially as we age.

When you finally have the time to explore different avenues of creativity you may be surprised as to what you find.

Grandma

My grandmother was from the generation that started knitting, sewing, crocheting, tatting, etc from the time they were able to hold needles. They also never threw out any material ever. Minimalism in their home was a way of life, not a life choice.

My grandmother was functionally blind by the time she was 75. She never let that slow her down. She danced several times a week and told me “all her partners were tall, dark, and handsome!”

Like a lot of her generation, she could knit, crochet, or tat without looking. As for looking at a pattern, forget it she didn’t need one. Once she crocheted me a dress in a cream hard cotton thread. No pattern and unable to see what she was doing. She barely could see me. It fit perfectly and I had it for many years. She did this at the end of the ’60s and the style was perfect.

Mum

My mother sewed all mine and my sister’s clothes while we were growing up. She knew good…