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75: Who You're Around Is What You Think Is Normal
Who You're Around Is What You Think Is Normal
The people you're consistently around are doing something to your work right now. Not dramatically. Quietly. They're setting your baseline for what good looks like, what's possible, and - this is the part that doesn't get said enough - what's acceptable. And most makers have never deliberately chosen that environment. They've just accumulated it through convenience and availability and ended up wherever was easiest to access.
The default environment in most areas of making is not neutral. In sewing, patternmaking, and textile work broadly, there…
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