meraki [may-rah-kee] (adjective)
This is a word that modern Greeks often use to describe doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put "something of yourself" into what you're doing, whatever it may be. Meraki is often used to describe cooking or preparing a meal, but it can also mean arranging a room, choosing decorations, or setting an elegant table.
(Hephaestos, Greek God of metalworking, masonry and sculpting.)
I came upon this word today, stumbling across it then finding a definition.
I think this is a great word. I know lots of people who find joy in art, but everyone has something they find pleasure in creating. Be it a clean house, happy children, putting your heart and soul into something you create or do.
So my question is, what do you do with meraki?
There will be a surprise for the respondents!!!
Right now I think I use meraki in hanging my clothes out on the line. I just feel connected at that moment, and it fills me when I'm taking them down and folding them.
ReplyDeleteI think I paint with meraki when I'm lucky, And sometimes I cook with meraki. I would like to think I raise my kids with meraki (at least sometimes...) Good word.
ReplyDeleteSewing, for sure. I mean I do like to think I do all my crafts with some passion, but sewing is the one that really has my soul in it.
ReplyDeleteTotally bookbinding.
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