Meditations for Makers

To lead a creative life is to experience the sweetness of the highs and the shadows of the lows. Deanne Fitzpatrick, a veteran textile artist and entrepreneur, has been there and back again. In this keepsake book, featuring original line drawings, she shares thoughtful insights gleaned from over 25 years of making, offering 365 short vignettes encompassing themes of attention and mindfulness, beauty and design, community, faith, family, and embracing and overcoming fear and doubt. These meditations will help makers focus, and may even lead to some creative breakthroughs. Read one a day, or devour the whole book in one sitting! It’s up to you. An essential companion book for anyone who struggles to stay inspired, especially during a time when creating and making can feel trivial, Meditations for Makers shows us that we now need makers more than ever.To lead a creative life is to experience the sweetness of the highs and the shadows of the lows. Deanne Fitzpatrick, a veteran textile artist and entrepreneur, has been there and back again. In this keepsake book, featuring original line drawings, she shares thoughtful insights gleaned from over 25 years of making, offering 365 short vignettes encompassing themes of attention and mindfulness, beauty and design, community, faith, family, and embracing and overcoming fear and doubt. These meditations will help makers focus, and may even lead to some creative breakthroughs. Read one a day, or devour the whole book in one sitting! It’s up to you. An essential companion book for anyone who struggles to stay inspired, especially during a time when creating and making can feel trivial, Meditations for Makers shows us that we now need makers more than ever.