> [!NOTE]+ Meta > Author:: Christine Rosen > Reference:: Rosen, C. (2024). The extinction of experience: being human in a disembodied world. W. W. Norton & Company. > Date:: 2024 > Tags:: #warp > WeftLinks:: [[Creative value of craft]] > Claim:: [[Claim - Makers are creative]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > Like drawing a bow across a string, we feel and do simultaneously. ### Highlights > The act of manipulating a tool or of drawing a bow across a string forces us to feel and do simultaneously, and the more skilled we become at the act, the less we have to think about what we are doing. > Critic Louis Uchitelle >"Mastering tools and working with one’s hands is receding in America as a hobby, as a valued skill, as a cultural influence that shaped thinking and behavior in vast sections of the country"