Triumph of Handicraft

[rinue]

Although the zombie zeitgeist is now passing, something which has worried me throughout is that I'm pretty sure I die. I mean, I'm a good driver and a decent mechanic, but I live in a populous city.

Beyond that, I've worried about how I'd fare in a post-apocalyptic scenario. I'm an intellectual. I like civilization. I know the best ways to form a government, and the best ways to vote, but if somebody wants to smash my skull in...it's pretty much going to work. No way around it. And in the short term, they'd be right to do so - I'm an extra mouth. Words and ideas are essential long term, but at the moment, what am I contributing?

Are we going to get to the long term?

It makes me nervous.

However, today I realized I was being silly. Assuming I can get past the zombies, I'm thoroughly useful: I know how to card wool and cotton, how to spin, how to build a loom, how to weave, how to knit, how to crochet, how to pattern make, how to sew. I am valuable to the point of being irreplaceable even in an agrarian society. I understand textiles. Thank goodness.

Comments

[oddment.livejournal.com]

Woo, textiles! Your interpretation of this is much less-depressing sounding than my "Oh, yeah, I think probably the entire 'handmade movement' thing is due to an instinctive fear of [zombie] apocalypses..." approach.

Also, am really happy you will get through the post-apocalypticness okay. And also happy that chickens don't require electricity. Seriously, scanning the comments and seeing that has made my whole day.

on the less gleeful side, this means i am zombie apocalypse redundant! oh snap

[rinue.livejournal.com]

Ah, but we are in such vastly different areas of the country, and I hope there will be enough survivors that no one person could make enough scarves.