"the lugs are not the frame. the geometry is not the frame. the alignment is not the frame. the material is not the frame. the frame is the frame."
Yep, that's Zen.
John in Boise
>
> this, from my beautiful wife deb, a longtime
> practicing Zen Buddhist:
> "In its simplest form, Zen, as a religion, is
> to 'pay attention', meaning 'pay attention to
> the present moment'. So if you are paying
> attention while filing lugs into intricate shapes,
> that's Zen."
>
> me, i'm a jewdist, so i make my own rules.
> because i think about frames as well as make
> them, my thought on this issue is that a frame
> is a unit, a life form if you will. i see the
> work going into making a lug, or refining a lug,
> or adding adornment to a lug as part of the process
> rather than <the> process. in essence, for me,
> all the energy spent on creating any one detail of
> a frame should be spread to the making of it in
> its entirety. the lugs are not the frame. the geometry
> is not the frame. the alignment is not the frame.
> the material is not the frame. the frame is the frame.
>
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