And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The art of sharpness, the art of cutting, the art of joining, the art of folding. All of it is done by a master, all of it takes time. There is no place for such things in the modern world. You have to leave the world we inhabit, where bandwidth is insignificant, and where you can get in touch with the things that inspire and allow you the time to act on inspiration.
That's got to be a super sharp plane!
ReplyDeletePart of the zen is getting them nightmarishly sharp.
ReplyDeleteThe art of sharpness, the art of cutting, the art of joining, the art of folding. All of it is done by a master, all of it takes time. There is no place for such things in the modern world. You have to leave the world we inhabit, where bandwidth is insignificant, and where you can get in touch with the things that inspire and allow you the time to act on inspiration.
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