You know, when we get so involved in something; a process, a job, anything that becomes routine, we tend to lose a bit of the importance or aesthetics of what we may be doing. So it goes with the casting process. When what we do has become a “job” it has lost it’s luster.
Yesterday we had members of the Good Sam Club come for a tour of the foundry. You know, I am happy they came, not just because they are such cool people, but all the sudden you get to see things in a different view. What has become routine and something we don’t give a second thought too, is all the sudden a major, magical experience, full of wonder!
I am so happy that occasion happens to see this casting process through the eyes of someone who has never witnessed how a bronze sculpture is created. They marvel and even get confused at parts of the process. It renews my excitement of what we do here and I stand back and look at how it all happens and yes, it is amazing! So I guess what I am trying to say is take the opportunity to step back from what has become mundane or routine and look at it from an outsider’s point of view- you may realize that what you are doing is actually pretty cool, too!

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