biz lessons from bukowski
It can be a very dangerous thing to really ask yourself what you want in life. I mean, to really ask that question and to sit with the answer over and over again. You run the risk of letting people down, of demanding…
hammers don’t work
I have a friend who shares a remarkable hammer story. When he was a youngster, he would often work alongside his grandfather in a well-outfitted wood shop, making bird houses and boxes and such. His grandfather would regularly point out to him that…
heart to hands and back again
Yesterday I lost a personal hero. Robert M Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Lila died at 88. Sadly, there aren’t many heroes left. Like many other fans of Pirsig, Kerouack, Kesey, Sartre, et al, I discovered him…
ahhh, the joys of home-based production
SHINGLES! Oh no! Pallets and pallets of shingles! This is not the kind of thing you want to see when you look out the window of your studio in the morning. Admittedly, I have it pretty good most of the time. But there…