When making stuff in the woodshop, the process can be looked at as an interaction that develops new ideas and methods. You are not just making a thing. You are actively engaged with the circle of creativity. Everything is a process, and we must find a way of being at peace with this process. A maker is a designer of processes.

Making stuff is a special privilege. The shop is filled with the smell of freshly cut walnut as I prepare for a small project. Zivon, my shop assistant and quality control manager, is sleeping next to the woodstove, soaking up the heat after his cold but sunny walk to get the newspaper. Jazz is on the radio and Gino Vannelli is singing about falling in love.

Pardon me
What a rare mood I'm in
Check the glorious grin
And the bright eyes above
Well, excuse me world for being alive
At last I've arrived
I've fallen in love

Writing is a dance of work and inspiration.

The writing process is an interaction that develops new ideas and strategies through a pathway between the mind and the hand. You are not just writing about a thing. You are interacting in a process. A writer is a designer of processes. You and the writing are continually changing. Besides, you are also changing the world.

31/31 Challenge
- Dec 31, 2020 Imitating Superman Dec 31, 2020
- Dec 30, 2020 What Would You Tell Your Twenty-Something Self Dec 30, 2020
- Dec 29, 2020 Lucky Dec 29, 2020
- Dec 28, 2020 See looks beautiful Dec 28, 2020
- Dec 27, 2020 Kinship Dec 27, 2020
- Dec 26, 2020 The big round dog bed Dec 26, 2020
- Dec 25, 2020 Smiling Meditation Dec 25, 2020
- Dec 24, 2020 A Smiling Experiment Dec 24, 2020
- Dec 23, 2020 Walk Time! Smell Time! Dec 23, 2020
- Dec 22, 2020 Ask yourself these questions. Dec 22, 2020
- Dec 21, 2020 We short change our own lives through inattention Dec 21, 2020
- Dec 20, 2020 When death comes Dec 20, 2020
- Dec 19, 2020 More noticing Dec 19, 2020
- Dec 18, 2020 Nurture Noticing Dec 18, 2020
- Dec 17, 2020 Inexplicable Depth Dec 17, 2020
- Dec 16, 2020 Walking is thinking Dec 16, 2020
- Dec 15, 2020 Writing on thin air Dec 15, 2020
- Dec 14, 2020 Iterate through failure Dec 14, 2020
- Dec 13, 2020 Writing is the technology of thinking Dec 13, 2020
- Dec 12, 2020 Attentional Autonomy Dec 12, 2020
- Dec 11, 2020 A sence of place Dec 11, 2020
- Dec 10, 2020 Your smile spreads happiness Dec 10, 2020
- Dec 9, 2020 Hupomnemata/Zettelkasten Dec 9, 2020
- Dec 8, 2020 Quietude Dec 8, 2020
- Dec 7, 2020 Attention Strength Training Dec 7, 2020
- Dec 6, 2020 You are what you do Dec 6, 2020
- Dec 5, 2020 Tiny moments for gratitude expression Dec 5, 2020
- Dec 4, 2020 Life is but a dream Dec 4, 2020
- Dec 3, 2020 Falling in Love Dec 3, 2020
- Dec 2, 2020 To whom do I report the theft... Dec 2, 2020
- Dec 1, 2020 Getting Started Dec 1, 2020