tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695685403802703716.post6931511257298973770..comments2024-03-10T00:46:33.915-08:00Comments on WPatrickEdwards: Talent, Ability, Skill, Determination or Luck?W. Patrick Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15001954861903457707noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695685403802703716.post-89054801059795519912014-11-24T20:27:19.947-08:002014-11-24T20:27:19.947-08:00Different worlds Patrick but you have captured muc...Different worlds Patrick but you have captured much of what I feel about building boats. Perfection is for machines and robots. Wooden boats like hand made clocks are living things and are never "perfect" although always "right". I'm aureus you know what I mean.<br /><br />Thanks for the thoughts.<br /><br />Paulshipwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03918143115072888402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695685403802703716.post-57958880504779719772014-11-23T09:18:18.651-08:002014-11-23T09:18:18.651-08:00Well both results were expected, but in F1 some am...Well both results were expected, but in F1 some amount of (bad) luck played a part. I was not ready for the chess game to be more suspenseful then the race, but move B5 was bold and decisive. Unfortunately for Anand, B5 did not play well.<br /><br />Congratulations to the 2014 World Champions.<br /><br />On another note, I sincerely appreciate the thoughtful and intelligent comments I receive to these blog posts. It makes me feel like I am contributing to moving the conversation forward.<br /><br />Those of you who do not understand the reference to Pye, do a google search. He was an English woodturner and serious philosopher working and writing back in the 60's when I was starting out.<br /><br />I consider my blog, in some small way, a continuation of his observations on the value of hand work and the problems of the Industrial Revolution.W. Patrick Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15001954861903457707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695685403802703716.post-1479503405077482422014-11-22T18:08:20.308-08:002014-11-22T18:08:20.308-08:00I can see you and your chevalet in a four wheel dr...I can see you and your chevalet in a four wheel drift while trying to pawn your castle to a bishop. King for a day and a queen to present the trophy. What a knight!<br /><br />Sorry, the temptation was too great.<br /><br />ChuckChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03930774450598057038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4695685403802703716.post-54451212862126876332014-11-22T12:44:33.076-08:002014-11-22T12:44:33.076-08:00Patrick,
This is exactly the reason I love workin...Patrick,<br /><br />This is exactly the reason I love working on handmade furniture. I started my training learning luthiery. I felt like we had our digital calipers out for every single component. That kind of engineered work almost requires machines to work efficiently. I have moved on and love building and restoring period pieces with hand tools. I love the visual variation of handmade objects that Pye discusses: "But for our generation unrelieved regulation is bad, and may even be dangerous. Some contrast and tension between regulation and freedom, uniformity and diversity, is essential, and it is the play made with it which most sharply characterizes human as distinct from natural workmanship."Joshua Kleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992478179847033132noreply@blogger.com