Apprentice, no master
9th September Posted by Tony Deis on Sep 09, 2009 in Bushcraft & Survival Very rarely do we visit with masters of any craft in our world. They may be famous, oft quoted in magazines, featured in documentaries or authors of categorical tomes. Yet they're no longer our neighbors, let alone our uncles and aunties, our mothers and fathers. Our culture often has people moving from place to place, job to job, learning hobbies or ways to earn cash. While self-branded artists are phenomenal they suggest a form of more personal expression. Masters are those who labor to animate, bring alive their craft and materials into new forms of usefulness and grace for the full village (usefulness and grace are not mutually exclusive). True mastery requires more then simply a professional accord, more then simply diligence and patience, it requires great love. How is what I offer a service? How does it protect and care for my family? How does it inspire? How does it feed the people around me? To often we see primitive skills as the cartoon of what our culture expects survival to be. When true bushcraft is synonymous with fine folk craft. Natural craft is sinuous, powerful and highly functional. This bow pierces food for the village as its an eloquent extension of my arm. This boat hunts while its lines express my love and passion for the fish that feeds my family. This basket is fashioned of resiliency and color, reminding all of us of the bounty it carries home. It is time to take back mastery for our village where eloquence, sweat and blood become the vital ingredients for artful livelihood that enriches us all. Rebuilding the village with fine craft...
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