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

In defense of disorder: on career, creativity, and professionalism - Chia's Blog

Chia Amisola chias.blog

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

We live in an era where a motivated 12-year-old can learn the basics of timber framing, semiconductor design, or how to bake bread that would rival world-class bakeries. They can master nearly any mechanical system or any number of programming or artistic vocations, even if no mentor lives nearby. The limit is no longer some teacher or institution

Simon Sarris • School Is Not Enough

The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

Josh Waitzkin • 2 highlights

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Cover of The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance

Making a Place on the Web - Garden

How to build a newthing

Yancey Strickler ideaspace.ystrickler.com

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

Andy Matuschak andymatuschak.org

It is as if there were a natural law which ordained that to achieve this end, to refine the curve of a piece of furniture, or a ship’s keel, or the fuselage of an airplane, until gradually it partakes of the elementary purity of the curve of the human breast or shoulder, there must be experimentation of several generations of craftsmen.