Dealing With Criticism
By using sections of the dress to build new ones and describing what she had taken away from the project, she celebrated the end of her challenge. The instructor said “In the face of criticism, petty or otherwise, continually challenge yourself to respond with equal parts of grace and hard proof. Never get defensive at all.”
Dealing With Criticism
Mending
“Who’s still repairing clothes at this age?” she added. “With clothes so cheap and almost disposable, our time does not seem worth it… So much so that it’s a forgotten art here. We should maybe rethink this. Perhaps our clothes are worth repairing, so they can continue to serve us. Maybe we’d respect them more and be more inspired to repair them if we spent more on reliable, ethically made clothing. It appears to be a safer option than landfills.”
Mending
