Cory at Boing Boing posts a "Crafter manifesto" from Ulla-Maaria Mutanen. It is indeed splendid, and points out wonderful reasons why work, including the output of the Gravity Monkey labs, exists and thrives beyond capitalistic logic. An excerpt:

1. People get satisfaction for being able to create/craft things because they can see themselves in the objects they make. This is not possible in purchased products.


2. The things that people have made themselves have magic powers. They have hidden meanings that other people can’t see.

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12. At the bottom, crafting is a form of play.