Rock on, Lou, thanks for sending—I'll put this on later. Yeah, a knife is still the best (and safest) bet for most of what we need to do, though both are beautiful.
Lou - I was going to say, this was another great essay from Sam, but it could have been way more powerful with a video of him opening every Amazon box he gets with his pistol!
I try to replace the phone with paper, books and journals. It’s a massive work in progress, but it’ll be worth it eventually! This is a good reminder of our roots…
Thank you Kai. It is extremely hard, and maybe even impossible without getting off the grid. I've done the most I could and still spend a majority of the day on a screen. But it only serves to maximize the satisfaction of ink on paper, and whatever your own passion project is.
It’s like an invisible hammer, somehow making us think we are doing the hammering. I deal with this reversal every day in my own mind. I’m grateful this resonated.
I think this is a self portrait, Sam. “But a madman need not be creative, while the creative must at times be madmen.” I said this, of course, with the greatest respect.
Great one, Sam. Laughing to myself imagining you opening a package with a pistol. You might enjoy this: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/evolutionary-insights-by-anthropology-net/id1796608496?i=1000712590166
Rock on, Lou, thanks for sending—I'll put this on later. Yeah, a knife is still the best (and safest) bet for most of what we need to do, though both are beautiful.
Lou - I was going to say, this was another great essay from Sam, but it could have been way more powerful with a video of him opening every Amazon box he gets with his pistol!
My grandfather would hand one to me when I was a young boy and growl "it's always loaded". One of my favorites: https://winklerknives.com/collections/frontpage/products/blue-ridge-hunter?variant=7291716108311 -- 4" / single sided is the max I can carry in my blue state and folders are always compromises.
There is no greater wisdom to prime us to remain disciplined. This is a beautiful blade... the savagery is strong within it.
I try to replace the phone with paper, books and journals. It’s a massive work in progress, but it’ll be worth it eventually! This is a good reminder of our roots…
Thank you Kai. It is extremely hard, and maybe even impossible without getting off the grid. I've done the most I could and still spend a majority of the day on a screen. But it only serves to maximize the satisfaction of ink on paper, and whatever your own passion project is.
"With our digital tools, we are no longer strike first. We are now the ones being struck."
I never thought of it this way, but from now on, I will.
It’s like an invisible hammer, somehow making us think we are doing the hammering. I deal with this reversal every day in my own mind. I’m grateful this resonated.
Good one, Sam. I like thinking out of the box, especially upon getting up in the morning.
I appreciate it, Barry!
“Homo Habilis”. We made tools. Tools made us. We lost our tools. We lost ourselves. Thanks for illuminating a path back to ourselves, Sam.
I think this is a self portrait, Sam. “But a madman need not be creative, while the creative must at times be madmen.” I said this, of course, with the greatest respect.
That is so awesome Sam, you are a great author. Thank you. Have a great week and weekend. It is spring again.