tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post2466896337150767304..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: taken by the handDoug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-14433185201397465062011-04-01T10:09:22.198-05:002011-04-01T10:09:22.198-05:00Cathy, thank you for mentioning your blog. I have ...Cathy, thank you for mentioning your blog. I have done some book making with our kids at CSS and I have a clear sense that all crafts have educational value. These days, as writing by hand, and all the other skilled and creative hand activities seem to have been abandoned and as children spend more and more time on-line engaged in non-creative activities, I feel we have placed our creative culture at risk. If, as some have said we have become a nation of idiots, the fault can be found in our failure to acknowledge the wisdom of our hands.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-64288687190002303422011-04-01T09:47:40.941-05:002011-04-01T09:47:40.941-05:00Congratulations on the attention the NYT article i...Congratulations on the attention the NYT article is bringing you.<br /><br />The report, your work and your thoughtful blog reminded me of some glorious summers more than a dozen years ago when my daughters built treehouses, soapbox race cars, and play houses (with dovetails!) during weeklong camps at a San Francisco Bay area museum. <br /><br />In reading your blog, I was also excited to sense an underlying kinship between the effect of your craft and mine (bookbinding) on kids and to hear a shared conviction in the value of hands-on learning. I blog at <a href="http://www.bookmakingwithkids.com" rel="nofollow">Bookmaking With Kids</a>, and I will be pointing my readers to your blog.<br /><br />Again, congratulations!Cathyhttp://www.bookmakingwithkids.comnoreply@blogger.com