Productivity

Before I start work on Wednesday, I'll try to accomplish something that can't be summarized in a PowerPoint presentation. This is going to be a bookcase in my new favourite coffee shop and bookstore, the Ganas Book Cafe on Staten Island. Maybe it was the paint fumes, but it's easy to work when you're listening to world chants, and talking about the history of God and the intricacies of tea. The masons were smoothing concrete outside, delicately tracing lines 20 feet away with a pole in one hand and a cigarette in the other. I appreciated anyone who can make walls or draw warmth from wood. You can't count down to completion doing this work. Every stroke has to be valued for itself. The beginning and end of satisfaction is watching the colour appear from under your hand.