One form of happiness for me is when I experience the product of a group of people that can work together and come up with something memorable. One of these experiences (maybe the first) occurred when I was still a child. This is a recording of the Glenn Miller Orchestra playing their most popular tune - In the Mood. Pay attention to the back and forth of the hard brass and the soft brass. Just imagine the youth of that day doing a Jitterbug.

I believe that I have a creative instinct. Happiness results when my product is pleasing in my eyes. Yet I have had failures and have learned hard lessons from them. Beauty, or acceptance, is in the eye of the beholder, not my eye. My work or works come from my inner being, not to be analysed or categorized. My pleasure in the things that I do is not dependent on the opinion of others but it surely is heartwarming when they agree with me.

I have been working in various aspects of carpentry since 1971 and began writing in 2001. Both require a period of apprenticeship; I am ready for my trial.

My works are at http://www.varady.org/prvsr/index.html and my work is at

http://www.varady.org/woodcraft.html