[TheForge] Wealth is wasted on the rich

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

Rich or poor, those of us with a compulsion to create are outnumbered by 
those with a compulsion to consume.   I have met many well to do with 
amazing shops, but percentage wise a small group.   If the rich are more 
poorly represented in the ranks of artisians, it is likely because when 
you are born rich you have little enough exposure and less encouragement 
in those pursuits as you are trained in the ways of managing your 
eventual wealth.  If you make your own fortune, it is unlikely your the 
type that will back up a half mile and snarl up traffic for an odd 
length of rebar, or spend hours staring at dead vines on the fence in 
winter sorting out in your head the best and minimal way to mimic them 
in iron.   

Charles

Patricia Draper wrote:

> Tim Kris, of Brasstown NC is doing what I would do. He has collected 
> some of the most impressive blacksmith tools and created a small 
> museum, and has built a proper British pub with a nine-foot 
> fireplace.  The fireplace decor has been forged by likes of Peter 
> Ross, Jerry Darnell and George Dixon. The front door was made by Tom 
> Latane with a dog foot door knocker and a gothic lock.  It is a place 
> where blacksmith friends visiting or taking a class at the John C. 
> Campbell Folk school (1/2 mile away) can come and relax and 
> socialize.  Yup, that is what I would do.  Bill
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