"Let the youth once learn to take a straight shaving off a plank, or draw a fine curve without faltering, or lay a brick level in its mortar, and he has learned a multitude of other matters which no lips of man could ever teach him" --John Ruskin, "Time and Tide", 1883.

With those words, I introduce a new poll at right, somewhat abstract and designed to stimulate your thoughts. Arts and crafts have become synonymous for some, hierarchal or divergent for others. If your thoughts get all stirred up, share them with us. My email address is also at right.