Dave Evans

However, was I present at the time?

Was I actually noticing and learning how to use the machine tools?

Was I noticing how a sharpened tool works differently than a dull tool?

Did I understand the difference between brass and steel?

Did I get the feel that I actually feel

And you can if you do this right.

You can feel the metal cutting in your hands.

And do you understand that experience?

And now I'm actually being a maker, not just I completed making.

And so if everything's just the outcome, when it's all done, by the way, the second I finish making that wrench, how long does the moment of being done last?

A microsecond?

Now it's passed.

So what's next?

You know, and I missed it.

I missed the whole darn thing.

You know, people very often miss the whole darn thing because all they wanted was the outcome and then it's over.

It's exactly what we're saying.

I mean, Ram Dass said it a long time ago, you know, be here now.

Because at the end of the day, that's the essence of it.

We call it the flow world, not the transaction world.