Autumnal

“Each morning sees some task begun, each evening sees it close; Something attempted, something done, has earned a night's repose.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Greetings folks. I have been seeing an osteopath for various movement related issues. We had a wonderful conversation at the end of a recent session, with the osteopath commenting that he views his work as an “interaction with the matter”. I thought this was a brilliant way of looking at their profession, and I believe this can be applied to artistic creativity. Whatever our passions and hobbies are we are manipulating materials. transmuting them into something new. This is what originally drew me to smithing when i first encountered it in “Conan, the Barbarian” all those years ago. Taking the raw materials and transforming them in something functional and beautiful. I am grateful for the chances to create and even more grateful that I can pass on my knowledge, thank you folks, and in the words of Bill and Ted, “be excellent to eachother”.