drip drop drip
Do you remember the first time you had coffee?
water splashes
off the glass walls
to the grounds
…
waiting to procure
the perfect pour-over
is not only a skill learned
over many moments
of success and failure
but an attempt to recapture
our first cup of joe
time and attention
Where is your attention going these days?
seven seconds pass
a video montage of
yesterdays meal
…
we always think
time is our most valuable
and finite resource
and how we spend it matters
and yet, we may need to rethink
it’s our attention thats at the core
of this time old saying
an hour a day
the studio
a place to burn oil
a place to reflect
…
seems so small
and yet so far away
when making any progress
towards our hopes and dreams
when it was all we needed
as constraints and consistency
fosters our creativity
bounce this way
How do you move?
evening routine
the cat stretches then
leaps into bed
…
sway this way
jump this way
skip this way
walk this way
as long as
we are moving
we are grooving
the fact is
Is today your day?
swimming pool
three, two, one
now jump!
…
as of right now
today is the time
to start making
and leaving our mark
for ourselves to one day
to look back on
as tomorrow will come
reason for rhythm
Are you operating with pace and volume?
puttering and stopping
the gardener rests
to admire his hedges
…
if we were to
say something
at one pace
at one volume
at one time
would we get
our message across?
back up, back up, back up
What are you backing up?
paper copies
the filing shelf
can’t close
…
we can never
have enough
back up
as we never
know when
everything we have built
will go away
then and now
How much have you changed?
overgrown
the hedges know
it’s time for a trim
…
now and then
some of us
take for granted
the passage of time
in this day and age
while others see
how we came to be
one for them, one for us
Are you serving fans or yourself?
apparently
the tulips open
for everyone
…
well when it comes
to making content
we can be content with
we can’t really be picky
for all art is art
and it may be we have
different perspectives and tastes
can become
What are you becoming?
in the forest
moss is left
to grow alone
…
a person can become a product
a vision can become a reality
a journey can become a legacy
a memory can become a season
a problem can become a solution
a seed can become a tree
a skill can become a gift
combined with
How do you shape your story?
waiting
for the kettle
to turn red
…
form and function
all that is missing
is for us to show
and tell the story
behind the making
of our products
one of one
Do you feel ordinary or extraordinary?
People watch
and look on under
the sakura trees
…
if we really
think about it
we are unfortunately
and utterly misled
almost all the time
to believe we aren’t
special or unique
it takes effort
How much do you put into it?
making dough
a hand to sift
a hand to whisk
…
for us
to make
something look
effortless
and yet people
will still see
and say the later
deus ex machina
What brings you resolve?
then suddenly
the sun appears
after the thunder
…
or put simply
when our unsolvable problem
is meet with an unlikely
or unfathomable solution
we never would have
originally thought of
for better or for worse