after reading most of the responses to this question I must add my thoughts......I bet some psychoanalyst would love reading this thread.....I think we are all the type of person who must do something creative/crafty to be satisfied...I know thinking of my own past "hobbies/career choices, they have all been doing something that produced something .....what is that right or left brained????I always get confused about which side is which....
We are a culture to ourselves. I know you know people who when they learn what you do they just say "oh how nice, I would like to do that, but I don't have the time!" - and we all think SURE!!!! when we hear that.....I know this is the longest lasting compulsion I have had, I enjoy this process more than other things I have done......so I will keep doing it as long as I can...