I’m digging through notes for a new piece and found this article referenced by Matthew Crawford in Shop Class as Soul Craft. This quote is relevant to my recent newsletter about the blogs I like:
There is a tangibility and satisfaction to buying – to picking out a new shirt or a new album and taking it home – that means that shopping remains for individuals a confirmation of their power to make things happen in the world.
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Shopping remains a way in which our choices have a tangible effect, in which we can make something in our lives new and different. It also becomes the primary way in which people can enjoy the creativity and efforts of others, even if this is done unconsciously, without knowing who made something or how.
Josie Appleton
Christian Leithart 