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

Mastery

Robert Greene

amazon.com

Our Tools and Us

Thomas Bevan thomasjbevan.substack.com

Smart People Should Create Things

James Clear jamesclear.com

Avoiding Kits

Andrew Lovett-Baron andrewlb.com

How to build a newthing

Yancey Strickler ideaspace.ystrickler.com

The Arc of the Practical Creator

Lawrence Yeo moretothat.com

Avoiding Kits | andrewlb.com blog

andrewlb.com

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

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