On Apr 13, 4:35*am, "LDosser" wrote:
"Bill" wrote in message

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Bill wrote:

I'm the same person, but somehow I'm a more learned person--that's one of
great things about staying young is you get to keep on learning!

Bill

I've been reading James Krenov's book, "A Cabinet Makers Notebook".
I just finished the first chapter on "Wood". *He gives the reader
plenty of opportunity to "learn something"! *: )

During my own reflection I observed that the beauty of using tools
is in using them well. *They sing their own song (but please don't
tell anyone I said that)!

I'll get roasted for this, but it seems to me Krenov made a career out of
one medicine cabinet. A very nice cabinet and one I wish I'd done, but the
same one over and over. Variations on a theme. Same as some authors, James
Patterson comes to mind, write the same book over and over.

Few creative artists stray from an established theme. It is the core
of their creativity and they will strive to 'better' that core, offer
variations, but mostly their art will have identity of some sort. A
Moore sculpture is relatively easy to identify. Many painters have a
'style' (some even call theirs 'De Stijl'.) Krenov had a style. Van
Gogh had a style and to have the nerve to say that he did the same
painting over and over will get you shot at dawn.

How many careers revolve around One Hit? (Now they call them a
'signature song'.)

They're milking it, folks! Wouldn't you?