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The Art of Manliness: A Beginner’s Guide to Whittling.

Lost art. Time was, you’d see a kid or a man leaned up against a storefront waiting for someone, knife out, whittling on a stick to pass the time. Often just carving it down to nothing, but sometimes crafting something beautiful. Now all I see in Santa Fe are bored husbands waiting outside the tourist bling stores frowning and squinting at their smartphones.

And yet, could we ever go back? Having a knife out in public would be considered outrageous behavior now, reason to call the cops, I suspect. We’ve become a very fearful culture, in many ways.

12/14/11 • 12:39 PM • ArtsGeneralHistory(3) Comments
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