When the hands are engaged...

When one's hands are engaged in seemingly repetitive tasks, the mind is neither numbed nor silent. Folks at work with their hands are often engaged in thought and thoughtfulness unapparent to the observer. Just as students in a lecture hall can be surreptitiously engaged in checking their face book pages and the professor will not know whether they're listening, the casual observer of a craftsman at work will know nothing of the inner workings of a craftsman's mind, unless he or she has taken time to make an investment in the development of skill, and knows by extension the depths and complexities of a craftsman's thoughts. Make, fix and create...