Originally Posted by
zozee
I enjoy the psychology of quilters taking part in this thread. The engineer's mind makes me smile because I see my dad and other engineers having fun--thriving!-on designing organizational methods, making great use of space and resources, and all the engineers I know are also very artistic in some form. "Math" is not a four letter word to them, but "mess" is. The very word "collection" itself conjures up images and evokes feelings in each of us, Negative or positive?
As as for paring down things we don't use, want, or like before we die, is it loving to force our heirs to? If I can't, or don't want to deal with it, I imagine the burden it would place on my kids to do so. That motivates me to keep only what I'm enjoying.
I could speak to other topics in your well-articulated manifesto. Like I said, the psychology of this hobby fascinates me. We are all wired differently which is fun to observe.
You get it! I have an only son. I'm not old by any means, but you never know when that beer truck with my name on it is going to run over me. It's not fair to him to have to deal with a bunch of knick knacks and fabric I don't like. Life is too short. Make quilts you like! I have been quilting for 4 years (sewn since I was 7), and my taste has changed in this little time. I had 15 years of projects, and I was making "obligatory" quilts. Now I make what I like and give away what I want to. What is work to some is my haven. It really is interesting how different people think, being creative makes me a better engineer; being an engineer makes me a better quilter.