Gandhi and his spinning wheel were more quixotic than realistic. A power plane can do in a few minutes what might require a day or more by hand. In a creative craft, it becomes a question of responsibility, whether it is the man or the machine that control’s the work’s progress.
— George Nakashima, “The Soul of a Tree,” page 125
Thanks for this.
That is my question to my father also when I was young but as I get to watch him work I came to realize that it is both… The tool and the operator make things possible. They both control the work’s progress. And what is so amazing is that with them together, things are done fast and easy.