tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post8541545975124244309..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: making toysDoug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-50506957060746195522009-12-01T20:49:37.970-06:002009-12-01T20:49:37.970-06:00There is a similar zen story. the master asked, Is...There is a similar zen story. the master asked, Is the enlightened man subject to or master of his circumstances? And the disciples argued back and forth. But the answer is that the enlightened man is neither subject to or master of... he is at one with his circumstances.<br /><br />When we took the arts and divided them from everything else, we made a huge mistake. Try to learn chemistry without math, or math without practical expressions of it. For the sake of argument, I look at the hands, hoping we will at some point engage the notion that we cannot deny their importance in the whole.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-71667158176567308852009-12-01T20:41:34.458-06:002009-12-01T20:41:34.458-06:00Good to have you back safely at home and glad that...Good to have you back safely at home and glad that you survived a nice Thanksgiving in the Big Apple. Making toys with wheels, whether it is a car, pick-up truck, or even a pinewood derby car... I've never come across a kid in my 15 years of woodshop that didn't love making them. And that goes for the big kids (14-16 years old) just as well as the smaller ones. For some reason their minds are always wonderfully occupied when making something that rolls on a block of wood.<br /><br />My favorite line from you post this time was, "What are the arts without science? And what is science without art?" Well said.Dave Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16074715438584429020noreply@blogger.com