tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post1503924952220747314..comments2023-07-26T09:55:48.093-04:00Comments on S. R. Wood: Struggles With The CraftS R Woodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934872671798326776noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post-50193485877606009262008-03-19T14:12:00.000-04:002008-03-19T14:12:00.000-04:00Ha ha, not so anonymous. Yes, I shied away from de...Ha ha, not so anonymous. Yes, I shied away from defining craft since all I can do is dance around it indirectly.<BR/><BR/>It's not aesthetic and subjective; it's objectively functional. It's a battered hammer, a solid engine that runs whether it looks good or not. It's solid, honest, unpretentious. It *works*. It's not debated by guys in turtlenecks and sport coats. It's often but not always handmade. <BR/><BR/>It's the thing that works and that you can rely on, regardless of whether you like how it looks. <BR/><BR/>It's tedious, knuckle-bashing, and mechanical. Nouns, verbs, gerunds; angles, chords, joints. Voice and rest; loud and soft.<BR/><BR/>See? I warned you I couldn't define it.S R Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08934872671798326776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489685783704493755.post-29773192623302311432008-03-19T12:15:00.000-04:002008-03-19T12:15:00.000-04:00So you've given us a working definition of "work" ...So you've given us a working definition of "work" but no working definition of "craft" that I can see. As you use the term, it seems to mean, "exacting attention to detail in the service of a creative goal." Or does your definition differ? BTW, you know me, I'm only posting anonymously cos I'm not sure this thing won't display my email address for the world to see. Hint: Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com