Inside Belgium's Lace Tradition

On my own path to reconnect to my creative dreams, I was looking for places where I could learn fashion design and drawing in New York City. I went from one hobbyist class to the next, left unsatisfied by the depth of the education: two or three hours, one tote bag, a shirt, a wallet. The entire class leaves with the same thing.

Humanoids in the past two years have increasingly been able to execute complex human-like movements. They can run faster than Usain Bolt, make coffee, decently fold laundry and can even get into fights. However, stitching more than a straight line is a struggle.

You know the Dakota, at the corner of 72nd and Central Park West in New York, in front of Central Park. It is a monument of the Upper West Side, a German Renaissance castle famously recognized for being the last residence of John Lennon before he was shot in front of the building in 1980.