For me taking a tree, removing the branches, and splitting it into boards is such an intimate, rich experience with the complex beauty that God created. If I had merely considered it a resource to be used, I would have bought wood that had been sawed by a machine, and dried in a kiln. The encounter would have been missed.
I sometimes get pulled into the idea that wood is a simple homogenous substance, but it is really a beautiful, complex teamwork of fibers, moisture, tubes, sap and the occasional bug. Different woods have a special snap when they are split. A find dust is dispersed into the air. The aroma of the sap is wonderful.
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