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    Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction
    Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction
    Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction
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    Handmade: Creative Focus in the Age of Distraction

    Written by Gary Rogowski

    Narrated by B. J. Harrison

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    About this audiobook

    In an era when there are countless competing claims on one's attention, how does one find the internal focus to be creative? For master furniture craftsman Gary Rogowski, the answer is in the act of creative work itself. The discipline of working with one's hands to create unnecessarily beautiful things shapes the builder into a more complete human being.

    In the tradition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and Shop Class as Soulcraft, Rogowski's Handmade is a profound meditation on the eternal value of manual work, creativity, human fallibility, and the stubborn pursuit of quality work. Rogowski tells his life story of how he became a craftsman and how years of persistent work have taught him patience, resilience, tolerance for failure, and a love of pursuing beauty and mastery for its own sake.

    Part autobiography, part guide to creativity, and part guide to living, Handmade is a book for craftspeople, artists, and anyone who seeks clarity, purpose, and creativity in their work-and it's the perfect antidote to a modern world that thinks human labor is obsolete.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 12, 2019
    ISBN9781541400252

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    • 5/5
      It helped me feel like I'm not alone in the feeling the way I do sometimes. Thank you for a great read
    • 5/5
      A brilliant gem of a book. I thoroughly enjoyed every moment of listening. I really appreciated the author’s ability to convey such universal principles about creativity/a creative life through his own deeply personal narrative. I have found books with this balance of genuine insights and personal knowingness to be rare. I have a feeling this is one that I will read again sometime. Also, the narrator did an exceptional job — I was actually quite shocked about halfway through when I realized it was not the author reading his own story. The narration is very natural and well matched to the writing, which made it an effortless listen.

      I would highly recommend this book to any all creative persons — especially those who may feel lost or a bit heavy footed in their pursuits. This book is one that will stick with you for the journey ahead!