Creative arts during the coronavirus: finding solace, joy in dangerous times

Their reasons may differ, but crafters agree: Makers gotta make. Those who create things by hand — who weld, weave, play in clay or paints — are pursuing their passions the best they can during the coronavirus pandemic.The creative arts are soothing, fill time, and keep our minds and hands busy."This is what makes us human," says Melanie Falick, author of the recent "Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live" (Artisan).Falick, a longtime craft book