I like to make things. That's not particularly news to me, but it really came home to roost last night. As I was putting together an exercise-ball rack made of PVC (for the Houstonian Club's new yoga room), I hadn't thought through some key elements of assembly and how to align elbows and tees in a single plane with glue that sets instantly. New problem, new opportunity to invent a jig to align all the pipes and to get the spacing exactly right for each one. I did it.
In that twenty-five minutes of problem solving and woodworking, I had more fun standing up than I think I've had in the last ten years. I watched Steve Jobs give the commencement address at Stanford on TED
and truly understood what he meant about doing what I love. While sitting in front of a computer all day and solving virtual problems, I've lost touch with a key truth of the world. Hmmm... better stop now before the navel-gazing whining starts.
I'll post pics of the jig and rack later. Party on.
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I know exactly how you feel. When I built the planter for my wife I did it without plans or even a drawing, I just let things kind of speak to me and started working. It was a great departure from sitting in the easy chair on the laptop.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to spring when I can get out to the garden again, for much the same reasons.