tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41176762024-10-04T16:29:12.674-07:00Mucking with Gravity"Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will"
George Bernard ShawEric Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208557493621916212noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4117676.post-1858467249466034432024-08-14T23:59:00.000-07:002024-08-15T00:10:29.019-07:00Welcome<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Rubik;">"If you know what you want to do and you do it, that's the work of a craftsman. If you begin with a question and use it to guide an adventure of discovery, that's the work of an artist."</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span><span style="font-family: Rubik;"> - Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being</span></span><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Rubik;">“I think great artists and great engineers are similar, in that they both have a desire to express themselves. In fact some of the best people working on the original Mac were poets and musicians on the side.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Rubik;"> - Steve Jobs</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Rubik;">I spent most of my life as a craftsperson working amongst </span><span style="font-family: Rubik;"><span style="color: #181818;">craftspeople</span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Rubik;">. I was envious of the artist, not understanding them but often gob smacked by their work. Becoming a reasonable craftsperson, I was afforded the time to travel in "artist" circles. Eyes opened, I realize I want my next creations to come from an artist's starting point. These entries highlight the what and how of my creations.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Rubik;">Craftsperson and artist are not binary journeys. The friends I've most admired in life are a bit of both, maybe somewhat dominated by one or the other. I'm working to one day believe it when I say I'm a bit of an artist...</span></p></div>Eric Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16208557493621916212noreply@blogger.comSeattle, WA, USA47.6061389 -122.332848119.295905063821152 -157.4890981 75.916372736178843 -87.1765981