I had a visitor form the Lovely County Citizen in the school wood shop last week and the results came out in the Thursday paper. The Wisdom of the Hands, Teacher Crafts Lessons in Wood,written by Jennifer Jackson.Yesterday, I was interviewed by a writer working on a book about how to become a successful woodworker. My own success is based largely on my choice of community, and my involvement in it. It is of absolute importance that a craftsman find a place where his or her work can be understood and appreciated.
Unfortunately, hand crafted work in the US is rarely understood, and most often undervalued. If you've not attempted to make something of useful beauty on your own, you'll not know the value of works produced by others.
Make, fix and create... demonstrate what you've learned so that others may enjoy the same gifts.
One could always slightly derail that train of thought by asking what the definition of "succesful" is going to be.
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Success is an interesting idea,and his selection of successful woodworkers would be interesting to examine. Most of us measure our success moment by moment in what we've accomplished. And to miss out on that measure will deprive you from the rest of it... if there is such a thing.
ReplyDeleteDefining success as the moment when you see that some project has come out as you intended, or even better, makes much more sense to me than defining it in monetary terms.
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Any kid of "success' can only come through the small things. If my own life were measured in dollars, and compared with others who spent their lives in banking or software, I'd be a loser. And in my view, money at best allows you to do things you love. If you're already doing what you love, money is insignificant.
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