Open Letter to Pinterest

Dear Pinterest,

I want to get back the pictures that I hid by accident.  Please fix the “Hide” button.

It was very frustrating to see pins that I wanted disappear because I slipped onto the wrong button.

I am writing to let you know about what I am doing on Pinterest.  Did you know that I was (probably) the first person to write about Trabzon wire weaving in English?  I mean since the computer age began - because I found one book that mentioned it in the 1980’s.

I love searching Pinterest for knitting and yarn.  I can look at new knitting techniques for hours on end.  But the really exciting stuff on Pinterest relates to my research.  I am trying to make a book:  my book would be a bridge between the books of Elizabeth Wayland Barber and Mary B. Kelly.  So, I am exploring ideas that combine these books by E. W. Barber: The Dancing Goddesses;  When They Severed Earth From Sky; and Women’s Work, The First 20,000 Years... And the four books on Goddess Embroideries by Mary B. Kelly.

It’s not exactly research, actually it’s more like a meander through the anthropology and art history of Europe.  Anyway, most of what I do on Pinterest relates to my so-called research.  I love that people let me look at their thoughts.  I wish that I could interview these people but they are too far away.  We say that a picture is worth a thousand words.  Well, Pinterest is worth a bizillion words... Yay, Pinterest!

All this so-called research is about European Pagans.  What did they believe?  What happened to them? -all their history.  I can’t prove it yet, but I think I found some exciting new bits of pagan history.  I’m not a believer but I like pagans well enough to stay focused on them for a long time.  Yay, Pagans!

Oh, I forgot to mention- I’m also kind of obsessed with fashion.  I’m just good at making my own clothing.  I knit and sew.  I’d like to think that I’m an artist, although I don’t have much time for making stuff theses days.  I use Pinterest to dream about all the stuff I want to make.  Thanks for everything, Pinterest !

Sincerely, Virginia Miller

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