Beauty Draws Us Back

[Craft - XIII]

A small market gardener was asked once why he forged his own hand tools: A special hoe for weeding the tomatoes, another one for keeping the cabbage under control, and a different one for his beds of garlic and onions.

He said, “If I use them every day, I want them to work perfectly.”

Then he was asked why he would weed every day.

“Because it keeps my farm beautiful, and a farm that is beautiful draws me to it. I want to be there. I want to work. An unkept farm repels. Beauty draws me back.”

Craft is beautiful.
And beauty draws us back.