Limey, you're so good at the needle arts it becomes ho hum to you, just another job you did well. Then you discover, or in this case rediscover, something different, the excitement of something exotic, something
French, energizes your inner artist bringing the pleasure of creativity back into play. The feedback of dopamine to the Prefrontal Cortex as a response to creativity causes the phenomenon scientists call 'mo be betta', when the search for more dopamine results in applying creativity to other endeavors such as music, cooking, and relationships. Things like household routine do give some feedback but the greatest dopamine pump has always been creativity in relationships with others. Primarily creativity with anyone who happens to be conveniently available, around the house, in situ, and horny.
