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In the business of crafting air

tr.v. craft·ed, craft·ing, crafts

1. To make by hand.

2. Usage Problem To make or construct (something) in a manner suggesting great care or ingenuity:

As usual, at lunch time, all the consultants, advertising people, web folks and other office employees gathers around Kungsportsplatsen to get some food (probably some sushi, or an overpriced sallad).

We are all the craftsmen of air.

My brother, a sheet metal worker, and I had a conversation a couple of years ago, regarding the the art of real craftsmanship, and the fact that fewer people, especially in my generation and those younger, are in that line of work. My generation, children of the information age, is probably more likely to work as an software engineer or a graphic designer, than a carpenter or a plumber. This is of course a generalization and relates to class belongings and social circumstances, still... We seem to be creating less and less with our hands, and more with our minds.

Behind me, around lunch time, in the line to the ATM at Kungsportsplatsen, i overheard something that i had shared experiences with. Two, obviously office workers, talking about the joy of actually seeing a physical result;

Guy #1: - I just love doing the dishes.
Guy #2: - Yeah. Me to. It's really satisfying.
Guy #1: - And don't get me started on cleaning the apartment, dude!
Guy #2: - Aah, yeah. I really enjoy vacuuming. It's like instant reward.
Guy #1: - Yeah i know.
Guy #2: - Clean floors.

And boy do I want to join the conversation and praise the happiness i feel when i mow the lawn at my mothers house or when cleaning out the storage space in our basement . And lately, as struggling with the agency problem, this is really becoming quite an issue for me.

Sometimes i just want to see a clean floor.

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