I think about this so much: "Our imaginations have been constrained by what we thought possible." I am trying to hold space for what I just can't imagine yet. That's a shape of hope for me. And caution.
"We ruined a few blades as hidden nails made it through and wrecked the metal, and finally gave up."
Sand the outside with an 80 grit disk sander? That'll show up any exposed nails real quick.
"It only occurred to me today to wonder why at the sawmill that day we didn’t take the time to look for and remove the nails ahead of time, why we sacrificed several saw blades and in the end the beam itself rather than take the time to make it workable again."
Efficiency is the enemy of creativity. So many creative or reclaimed things we do aren't financially efficient but feed our souls. The question is how to reconcile the two...
I think about this so much: "Our imaginations have been constrained by what we thought possible." I am trying to hold space for what I just can't imagine yet. That's a shape of hope for me. And caution.
"We ruined a few blades as hidden nails made it through and wrecked the metal, and finally gave up."
Sand the outside with an 80 grit disk sander? That'll show up any exposed nails real quick.
"It only occurred to me today to wonder why at the sawmill that day we didn’t take the time to look for and remove the nails ahead of time, why we sacrificed several saw blades and in the end the beam itself rather than take the time to make it workable again."
I'd expect a new saw blade to be quite expensive.
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The Scotland Outdoors Podcast is always great, and I loved how Ninian Stuart responded to Mark Stephen’s question about BLM.
Efficiency is the enemy of creativity. So many creative or reclaimed things we do aren't financially efficient but feed our souls. The question is how to reconcile the two...