Shop Class As Soul Craft

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March 28, 2022 a project of ServiceSpace A decline in tool use would seem to betoken a shift in our relationship to our own stuff: more passive and more dependent. - Matthew Crawford - Shop Class As Soul Craft "Matthew Crawford was on what most people would think was the "right track." Then he left his job as executive director at a think tank in Washington to open a motorcycle repair shop. In his book, Shop Class as Soulcraft, he makes the case that our society has placed too great a value on white-collar work and not enough value on the trades. Crawford tells host Guy Raz that the mechanical arts have a special significance for our time because they cultivate the less glamorous virtue of attentiveness." More in this NPR piece. { read more } Be The Change For more inspiration, check out this photo essay on "The Beauty of Craft." { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Barbara Kingsolver on Knitting as Creation Story The Keys to Aging Well Two Words That Can Change a Life Amanda Gorman: The Miracle of Morning On the Road with Thomas Merton Peace Is Every Step: Thich Nhat Hanh's 95 Year Earthwalk The Phone Call 9 Rules for the Woke Birdwatcher DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 242,468 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More