tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post4215077814141457053..comments2024-03-27T20:34:09.464+01:00Comments on zmkc: Pattern Recognitionzmkchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-77923059189025360052013-09-18T04:56:51.775+02:002013-09-18T04:56:51.775+02:00Pleased to meet you and to discover your blog.Pleased to meet you and to discover your blog.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-22547576589138693012013-09-17T18:28:16.118+02:002013-09-17T18:28:16.118+02:00Wonderful.Wonderful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-58995517245684543332013-09-17T05:34:18.272+02:002013-09-17T05:34:18.272+02:00I heard Clive James on Radio 3's Arts and Idea...I heard Clive James on Radio 3's Arts and Ideas the other day. He said something to the effect that it took him far too long to realise that real happiness comes from taking a lot of trouble to make something to the best of your ability. More and more we are robbed of opportunities to do that.zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4905080602885676490.post-67217511302861856342013-09-15T13:14:16.837+02:002013-09-15T13:14:16.837+02:00…. especially woodwork. A man with average carpent...…. especially woodwork. A man with average carpentry skills but a little imagination could create something of beauty, a feeling of winter warmth or coolness in summer. Wives and kids could paint and together they could adorn their homes after their own style. That's why these were homes, on a quarter acre block a lot of the time, with pets and trees and gardens. <br /><br />Some of that survived, along with the mastercraftmanship, and its value was recognised and retained by people who understood the virtues of life spanning the decades of the mid-twentieth century. And you were walking through its legacy.Denis Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786035137418348609noreply@blogger.com