"Through my community-art event, Crochet Jam, I do not dictate the
creativity process. Participants maintain their agency. There is no need
to please me. I have no authority over anyone. I am just the guy
facilitating the event. I am just a man on the street, standing behind a
folding table that's covered with stripes of torn and cut fabric. I
teach single-stitch crochet using a handmade wooden hook and torn strips
of fabric. The learning curve is about five minutes. Once you learn the
technique, I have no more to teach. The fabric then becomes the
teacher." Ramekon O'Arwister, an African American artist and gifted
community weaver, shares more in this wonderful excerpt.
