Why To Make Things

A collection for Paul Kirwin based on this prompt: “I’m a retired custom woodworker. I find community in the writings of others that have found satisfaction and comfort and value in the crafting of things. I’m not looking for ‘How-To Make Things’ books but more like ‘Why To Make Things’ books”

Alex Dobrenko

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

Bill Burnett • 9 highlights

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Cover of Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

The desire to create for its own sake is what it means to be human.

Thomas Bevan • Our Tools and Us

Tools for thought: science, design, art, craftsmanship?

Andy Matuschak andymatuschak.org

The Arc of the Practical Creator

Lawrence Yeo moretothat.com

How to build a newthing

Yancey Strickler ideaspace.ystrickler.com

The Genius of Japanese Carpentry: Secrets of an Ancient Woodworking Craft

Azby Brown

A chief gladness of gardening comes from its dual nature, from how it salves our longing for making order out of chaos but also frustrates it. There is elemental satisfaction in the reminder that we can never fully control nature — that, in fact, any sense of control is a childish fantasy, for we ourselves are children of nature, made by the... See more

No More Boring Apps | (Not Boring) Software

(Not Boring) Software Inc.andy.works

good example of someone creating things with soul and heart