Best Take Your Time

Best Take Your Time
"Apprenticeship may be about the appreciation of the soul of craft, not just the skill and technique."

Whenever we hear a word an immediate image, an association jumps out. I remember talking with Mark Tamthai who said that in Thai, the word most associated with apprentice would bring forward the image of a younger boy who served as a common laborer carrying around the Master’s toolkit, not exactly what we had in mind. When I asked myself: What image came to mind? I noted that two jumped out…

Lederach, John Paul. “Best Take Your Time.” Apprenticeship Program (blog), February 2, 2009.

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