The Making of 'Making a Life'
If you’ve listened to the podcast for a while know, you likely know how much I love books. I love reading, I love holding books in my hands, I love immersing myself in someones words and ideas. When I came across Melanie Falicks’ book ‘Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live’ I kinda fell in love.
‘Making a Life’ starts with Melanie sharing her journey of coming to a cross roads in her career and finds herself determined to write a book (she was previously a book editor at Abrams) of her own “investigating and celebrating the role making by hand can play in making a good life.” At the time I came across this book I had been doing a lot of research about the value that we place on handmade items as a society and how this has changed over time. I knew this book would be something significant. And I certainly wasn’t disappointed.
Melanie spent 3 1/2 years traveling the globe; making things, visiting and interviewing makers, and learning about herself, and the value of making by hand.
In this episode, Melanie joins me to share the story behind her book, ‘Making a Life’. From the initial idea, to her travels and experiences, and her ideas on the value of handmade. I thoroughly enjoyed speaking with her and am sure you are going to love this episode.
“The biggest challenge was starting. You have to have the courage to take the first step.”
Photos excerpted from Making a Life by Melanie Falick (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2019. Photographs by Rinne Allen.
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