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Art vs Craft

^z23rd September 2025 at 8:19pm

In "A bucket becomes a house in the hands of craftsman Shuji Nakagawa" (Japan Times, Thu-Huong Ha, 19 Sep 2025) the woodworker comments:

In contemporary art, the subject is ‘I’ — as in the ego, ‘I am.’ But in craft, there is no subject.

... in Toki Pona, perhaps something like:

pali pi pona lukin la, ijo li mi
pali pi pona kepeken la, ijo li ala

toki pona rough translation
pali pi pona lukin la, ijo li miconcerning beautiful creations, the Object is Self
pali pi pona kepeken la, ijo li alaconcerning useful creations, there is no Object

(cf Nothingness Shows Through (2005-12-06), Nothing But Faith in Nothing (2014-09-07), Nothing, Sacred (2018-06-07), Nothing Matters Much (2025-09-15), ...) - ^z - 2025-09-23

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