If nothing else it's a great place to let me know my thoughts.
I was having a coffee the other day with a fellow woodworker (BH) they made an interesting comment which got me thinking.
The comment was "there is sacrifice involved in being a woodworker" and it's true.
I'm not talking about the mass production type of woodworker or assembly line worker but the woodworker who wants to create as opposed to copy.
Pushing accepted standards, whether by revisiting the past or forming new cutting edge ideas and processes.
To express as a true Artist of their craft.
As a sideline my Father was an Author, which could be classified as a selfish profession, having written and published some books myself I have to agree.
The woodworker I strive to be is also in that vein, for it's my belief to be truly creative one has to have solitude and quiet time (with the exception of music) to allow the mind to meander, formulate, dismiss and reconstruct fractured thoughts conceits and techniques. In order to manifest new pieces either functional or abstract.
It would be lovely to share and work with others of the same thought patterns but that would negate the reason and purpose of individual design and expression. If I knew how to spell it I would say it is the Woodworkers dilemma of a dichotomy.
Cheers
Steve
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