Cherry

It was the best of times,
it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom,
it was the age of foolishness,

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil,
which I have forsaken in my great discouragement,
and I will go on with my drawing.
—Vincent Van Gogh

Each flitch, each board, each
plank can have only one ideal use.

The woodworker, applying a
thousand skills, must find that
ideal use and then shape
the wood to realize
its true potential.
George Nakashima