Poem: "Sticky Little Fingers and Dishes in the Sink"

[ysabetwordsmith]

This is today's freebie, inspired by alexseanchai. It also fills the "Imposter Syndrome" square in my 3-1-22 card for the National Crafting Month Bingo Fest.


"Sticky Little Fingers and Dishes in the Sink"


Women artists are
ignored and devalued.

Women's art is often
misclassified as merely
"folk crafts" instead of
respectable "fine arts."

Weaving is seen as
a chore instead of
painting with fibers.

Quilting is condemned
as the poor making do
with what they have,
rather than respected
as part of history.

Cooking is seen as
mere fuel instead of
as edible sculpture ...
even though garnishes
can be carved and
chocolate can be
turned on a lathe.

Lack of respect and
recognition is withering.

Constant condemnation
and indifference leads
to imposter syndrome.

So many women give up
their creative pursuits
because they don't have
enough faith in themselves
to take the time that they
need to be transformed
by a creative vision.

Even more are forced
away from their art.

The ceiling isn't
made of glass.

It's made of
sticky little fingers
and dishes in the sink.

* * *

Notes:

"Still, I wonder if more women artists, musicians, and writers aren't household names because we don't have enough faith in our own pursuits to give ourselves the time we desperately need to be transformed by a creative vision. Maybe that glass ceiling isn't really made of glass at all, but of sticky little fingers, dishes piled in the sink, and mortgages that demand two incomes."
-- Holly Robinson Peete

Women, their art, and even their materials are consistently denigrated. It's not that there are no great women artists; it's that men are too afraid of them to talk about it.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

exactly!

[readera]

💖💖💗💗👍👍

[zeeth_kyrah]

Just so

[wyld_dandelyon]

This is way too true.