Dance critic Tobi Tobias reminisces about her early encounter with two of her first loves--ballet and sewing thread--in Thread: Personal Indulgences No. 2, part of a series running monthly for a year on her SEEING THINGS blog site.
Funny thing: As a child, I had the same fascination with and fondness for the gleaming colors of sewing thread collections--not individual spools--and the same lack of interest in sewing itself!
Check back periodically for more of Tobi's writing on indulgences and--what is it? dance?--at ArtsJournal.com.