The Clixbians: Atavistic Romantics; Romantic Atavistics

[burgunder]

atavism n. recurrence of or reversion to a past style, manner, outlook, approach, or activity

romantic adj. marked by the imaginative or emotional appeal of what is heroic, adventurous, remote, mysterious, or idealized

Ever felt sane and sated hand-stitching something that could've been machine sewn

Comments

[bitterfun]

"where we daydream from our desk jobs and internet addictions and retail dead-time of being falcones"

Easily misread.

[burgunder]

-smirk-

That would incite the question - do you daydream of being falcones, or do they daydream of being you? ;>

[bitterfun]

Well it seemed absurd to me until i re-read it as I never daydream about being me nor would anyone else without the need of a brain scrubbing.

[urlgirl]

I knit. I like to cook food made from scratch (although this is more because of a health issue, rather than from any atavistic impulse). I love building things from wood and staining/painting them myself. I occasionally get into making cigar boxes and decorative wood-burning. I sew up curtains by hand (or with a sewing machine if they're large).

I code everything by hand, in plain text, first. About that, I'm definitely a romantic.

[burgunder]

Wood working brings me great joy.

I have about 10% instinct and 90% left to fill with knowledge I presently lack, but by the gods, I have enthusiasm.

There are three core reasons why I occasionally crave a house:
1. Painting the walls whatever I want
2. Hedgewitch herb garden
3. Wood workshop

[burgunder]

I would say, including the SCA! What all do you do by hand for it? I actually don't know and would love to hear more :)

[kasiandra]

Does making, wrapping, and finishing my own bassoon reeds by hand count as atavism? ;) It's not as if there is another choice other than wrapping. I don't have to wrap them with thread and then seal with epoxy but they look pretty that way, so I do.

I also crochet and would love to get into mosaics. Hand-sewing, not so much, but I saw an incredible book that made it look fun and funky so I might be coming around. Ooh, and I really want to start making our own bread. I'll cheat and use a machine, but it seems a bit in keeping with the principles above if I'm making it instead of buying it. :)

[erischild]

I sew, knit, crochet, am learning needlepoint (of cthulhu attacking a salesman/missionary). I make and can jam and other produce, grind my own grain, bake my own bread, grow food in my garden, fix or make new things out of broken things. Peter makes his own bullets and targets. We have plans to raise chickens and rabbits for food and fur, and when space permits add goats and sheep for the same reasons. We build wooden war machines (trebuchet, catapult). Peter will take up hunting when we have a freezer big enough to store the meat.
I like to read, write, and am on a personal crusade to bring back the hyphen.