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

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Flow: The Psychology of Happiness

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi • 52 highlights

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I think we adults have a similar innate drive to create, and that drive can be supported or stifled by the environment. And, I think that instead of creating environments where we are creative by default , we live in a world where we are distracted by default .

Casey Rosengren • Creative by Default

Handwork in Wood

William Noyes

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The Courage to Be Happy

Ichiro Kishimi

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The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin • 91 highlights

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Making ceramics requires patience and is an exercise in delayed gratification (or dissatisfaction). There are so many ways to fuck something up, so many stages to the process, and entering that cycle of hope, expectation, and either failure and trying again or ecstatic satisfaction added a new dimension to the rhythms of my life.

Marian Bull • When a hobby becomes a job

How to build a newthing

Yancey Strickler ideaspace.ystrickler.com