To see the artisal, we need to develop an awareness of the micro cultures that provide a personal and social context for the artisan. Here in the US, The Woodwrights Shop has served as a guide to people who love to work with wood. https://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/. Roy Underhill has been the host and artisan for 38 seasons. How many people, I wonder, started shaping wood, and then took it to a richer depth of speciality as they learn the disciplines of being an artisan. We need examples and mentors. Richard, I really like where you are taking us. Thanks.
Yes. Most of us, whatever we do are normally constrained by process, protocol or politics. That doesn't stop the artisan in us teying to find its voice however. Almost everyone I talk to harbours a wish to put their own mark on what they do.
I've just been out and bought a writing desk (watch my writing improve :-)) and the gut who sold it to me is a qualified bespoke tailor, selling desks because tailoring has moved elsewhere, and we spent most of the time talking about his love of the craft.
We have an opportunity, maybe a duty even, to give these conversations a home.....
As you start the year, I’d love to know what your sense of your craft is, and who you serve in practising it. Not looking for polished answers, just a sense of what feel, so I can get an idea of what might be useful to feed into these posts that might take you somewhere....
My intentions this year are to explore with others what it means to be awake, sovereign and autonomous in the world. I want to work with senior transnational teams in large orgs who want to regenerate, and Gen Z leaders in growing social business who want their businesses to flourish in regenerative ways. The people I work with will be interested in creating flourishing, resilient local communities. It's taken a long time and a lot of searching to come to this 🙏
New Artisans in 2023.
To see the artisal, we need to develop an awareness of the micro cultures that provide a personal and social context for the artisan. Here in the US, The Woodwrights Shop has served as a guide to people who love to work with wood. https://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/. Roy Underhill has been the host and artisan for 38 seasons. How many people, I wonder, started shaping wood, and then took it to a richer depth of speciality as they learn the disciplines of being an artisan. We need examples and mentors. Richard, I really like where you are taking us. Thanks.
Yes. Most of us, whatever we do are normally constrained by process, protocol or politics. That doesn't stop the artisan in us teying to find its voice however. Almost everyone I talk to harbours a wish to put their own mark on what they do.
I've just been out and bought a writing desk (watch my writing improve :-)) and the gut who sold it to me is a qualified bespoke tailor, selling desks because tailoring has moved elsewhere, and we spent most of the time talking about his love of the craft.
We have an opportunity, maybe a duty even, to give these conversations a home.....
As you start the year, I’d love to know what your sense of your craft is, and who you serve in practising it. Not looking for polished answers, just a sense of what feel, so I can get an idea of what might be useful to feed into these posts that might take you somewhere....
Mine often also flows into something else 😆
My intentions this year are to explore with others what it means to be awake, sovereign and autonomous in the world. I want to work with senior transnational teams in large orgs who want to regenerate, and Gen Z leaders in growing social business who want their businesses to flourish in regenerative ways. The people I work with will be interested in creating flourishing, resilient local communities. It's taken a long time and a lot of searching to come to this 🙏