amy sedaris on why arts & crafts are recession-friendly
You think in a different way when you don’t have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use your imagination to come up with stuff. Let’s make a slingshot out of a wishbone. Or use a sandwich bag for a condom. That’s the stuff I go for — stuff people make because somebody needs it. And those things always have a naive charm to them.
I need a squirrel-shaped bong that doubles as a meat thermometer holder and a wind-up Hitler baby.
