Crocheting is also an art

This is my rumination on May 28 when I was contemplating on starting out this blog:
I am a writer. Actually I am an editor by profession. I graduated as psychologist. So where does crocheting come in? Perhaps it's a hobby, an interest. Just like my interest in strumming the guitar, my interest in making sketches when I was young, and my interest in cross-stitching (which has waned years ago when I was unable to finish that dancing ballerina thing!). But the interest in crochet has not left me. It may lie dormant for some time but a crocheted piece or two fan the interest anew and here I go with my hook and thread, trying to create something now and again.
A creative artist can produce so many things with her hands. Perhaps, basically, I am an artist. (I have several written pieces to prove it.)
But I still have to prove my worth as a crocheter. Crocheting has led me to so many websites in the Internet trying to compare techniques and designs. Ultimately, I learned one basic thing despite claims of originality in design and copyright: creativity cannot be bridled nor restrained although originality and copyrights are just conventions that try to safeguard property rights.
The thousands of designs I have seen in the Internet gave me an idea that the only original aspect of crocheting is the product that is created by the unlimited imagination of the crocheter. Perhaps only the one who started the basic stitches could claim originality.With a basic stitch, one can go a long way. Just like the way writers can inspire other writers when any of their works become the seed for another creative endeavor, one design can inspire another crocheter to produce another design and the cycle goes on. There are three primary colors but when these are combined in so many ways, one can produce a rainbow.
In crocheting, the basic stitches of one crocheter can be "borrowed" by another creative crocheter to produce, not necessarily a replica of the former crocheter's product but perhaps another piece of art.
The bottom line is, teach a novice the different stitches and she can produce her own masterpiece. Share a picture of a finished product and a creatie crocheter can make it an inspiration for a totally different product.
In my case, I discovered that out of patterns for edgings, I can crochet a headband, a scarf, a belt, or even a bookmark!
Sometimes creating one's own design is an arduous task and I admire people who have the patience and fortitude to rack their brains until they can produce a beautiful design!
It is to their credit that the crochet tradition is very much alive! Keep on untiring guys!