In a message dated 97-11-11 14:36:04 EST, [log in to unmask] writes:

>  There
>  are things my hands have to learn, things my eyes must see, probably
>  things I learn best from silence.

I'm convinced that the body has an intelligence separate from the mind. When
I did stonework there were times when everything was on the mark, not too
much, not too little, but right on the mark. Working in the crafts requires a
combined balance of hand, heart, and mind and a steady _flow_ to realize the
objects built.

At IPTW there was talk about the "headless hands". The concept of headless
hands is a bunch of assinine crap. If you want to separate all human function
into rational operations then you should decapitate yourself and fix your
head upon an animated box of chromium robotics. I remember this nightmare of
the future vision, from the 1960's past, where we would all be bodiless, but,
fortunately, we could now fly. Scared the ants out of me. Then I found this
paperback porno book, in a collection in a small shed, about this guy that
got into this electronic suit and had all kinds of neat sensual adventures.
Just last week I heard that someone is actually building such a suit. Can lay
a lot of bricks with something like that. Right. I wonder if they will write
a program that makes you feel like you are sitting on an inverted spackle
bucket while scalding yourself with McDonald's coffee?

I'm always kind of confounded by preservationists who think in modern terms,
not realizing that we are in post-modern times. If you are going to be behind
the times in re-creation of the built environment, why not think in terms of
pre-historic values and remove all of the evidence? Where does the arbitrary
line get defined as to the period for re-creation?

So, where are the handless heads? What kinds of books do you read with two
hands, one hand, and no hands? Lip reading, we can explore the cozmos with
lip reading.

][<en Follett