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CATCHING UP WITH OUR FRIENDS

FROM

TODAY, WE ARE

CHECKING UP

WITH OUR FRIENDS WHO RECENTLY

RETURNED FROM THEIR MONTH-LONG

TRIP ACROSS AMERICA INTERVIEWING

SOME OF THE GREATEST CRAFTSMEN

AND CRAFTSWOMEN.

I KNOW YOU HAD AN AMAZING

JOURNEY.

WHY DON'T YOU RECAP WHAT YOU SET

OUT TO DO.

THEY SET OUT TO TALK ABOUT

THE CRAFT RENAISSANCE AND LOOK

AT IT AS A CULTURAL SHIFT.

MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE

MAKING THINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

GIVING THEIR STORIES AS A WAY TO

TALK ABOUT HOW IN THIS COUNTRY,

AS CAN TUMORS, WE ARE CARING --

AS CONSUMERS, WE ARE CARING MORE

ABOUT WHERE THINGS ARE MADE.

WE CIRCLED THE COUNTRY MOSTLY BY

TRAIN AND TALKED TO MORE THAN 50

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DOING DIFFERENT

THINGS TO GET THE BIG PICTURE

AND TALK ABOUT WHAT IN THE WORLD

HAS BEEN GOING ON THE PAST FEW

DECADES.

YOU TOOK THIS VIDEO.

YOU TOOK PICTURES P OR DO YOU

ARE AN ILLUSTRATOR AS WELL.

HOW MANY IMAGES DID YOU CAP

SURE?

A LITTLE OVER 12,000 PHOTOS.

WHAT IS THE GOAL IN WHICH YOU

2 ARE GOING TO DO WITH THE

INFORMATION YOU PUT TOGETHER?

I LOOK AT IT LIKE WE

HAD

SHORT, MIDTERM, AND LONG-TERM.

DURING THE TRIP WE HAD SOCIAL

MEDIA ACTIVITY AND PEOPLE WERE

ABLE TO FOLLOW AS TO EACH CITY

AND GET THOSE STORIES.

NOW WE ARE DIGESTING SOME OF THE

INFORMATION.

WE HAVE 60 HOURS OF AUDIO

INTERVIEWS.

WE WILL PUT ESSAY LENGTH PIECES

OUT.

WHETHER THAT BE WRITTEN BLOG

POSTS, AND EDITED PODCAST

, OR

PICTURES OF THE BIG PICTURE

WHILE WE WORK ON CRAFT NATION

THE BOOK.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS TO

DIGEST IT IN TERMS OF LENGTH,

DEPTH, PIECES OF STORY.

WE ARE DOING A MAKING THE

PROJECT PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF

THE BIG ONE, INSTEAD OF

AFTERWARDS AS MANY PEOPLE DO, SO

PEOPLE CAN SEE US COME TOGETHER.

THAT WAS THE INTENTION TO

LEAVE IT WIDE-OPEN, BE OPEN TO

EXPERIENCES.

DID YOU FACE ANYTHING ALONG

THE ROAD THAT WAS UNEXPECTED OR

ESPECIALLY FUN OR DIFFERENT?

THERE WERE DEFINITELY

INTERESTING CHALLENGES.

SLEEPING IN A SLEEPER CAR, FOR

SOMEONE AS BROAD AS I AM, WAS A

CHALLENGE FOR SURE.

WE SAW A LOT OF INTERESTING

THINGS.

WE STOPPED IN LOUISVILLE FOR

GONZOFEST, WHICH WAS AMAZING.

FRED WON A LITERARY CONTEST FOR

THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

THERE WERE DIFFERENT INSPIRING

PIECES OF WORK TO THIS TRIP.

HUNTER S THOMPSON'S "FEAR AND

LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS" WAS ONE

OF THEM.

TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT AND

INTERVIEW THE FOUNDERS, DENNY A

ND RON, AND INTERVIEW HUNTER'S

SON GAVE US AN INSPIRING

PERSPECTIVE ON CREATIVITY, ON

WRITING, AND BEING ABLE TO

PARTICIPATE AND CONTRIBUTE WAS

COOL.

AND BEING RECOGNIZED BY THEM FOR

THE PIECE I WROTE WAS A BIG

THRILL.

PROBABLY

1/3 OF THE WAY

THROUGH THE TRIP WE COULD USE

ENERGY, SO THAT WAS A BIG BOOST.

PEOPLE CAN BE ON THE LOOKOUT

FOR THE PRINT AND AUDIO ESSAYS

YOU WILL BE RELEASING VIA

SOCIAL

MEDIA.

AND YOU ARE WORKING ON THE

MANUSCRIPT THAT WILL HOPEFULLY

BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE

YEAR.

WE SHOULD SEE A BOOK RELEASE

SOMETIME IN THE SPRING OF 2018.

I LOVE TO TRAVEL, A LOT OF

PEOPLE DO, AND YOU STEP OUTSIDE

YOUR BUBBLE.

IS THERE ANY TAKEAWAY YOU WOULD

LIKE TO SHARE WITH PEOPLE?

WE REALLY ENDED UP BEING

STUDENTS IN THE ART OF

LISTENING.

GETTING OUTSIDE YOUR BUBBLE AND

ASKING QUESTIONS INVITED A

DIFFERENT CONNECTION WITH

PEOPLE.

WE FELT LIKE THE ENERGY WE WERE

ABLE TO MAINTAIN FOR 35-DAY

TRIP, AND WHEN WE GOT BACK WE

THOUGHT WE WERE IN GREAT

CONDITION.

WE FOUND OUT MORE IN THE WEEK

FOLLOWING, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO

KEEP TRAVELING WITH ENERGY

BECAUSE WE WERE BEING FED BY THE

CREATIVITY AND PASSION OF THE

PEOPLE WE WERE MEETING.

WE WOULD ONLY HAVE THOSE STORIES

IF WE LISTENED WELL AND ASKED

QUESTIONS.

FOR BOTH OF US, WE LEARNED TO

QUIET OURSELVES AND SHARE OUR

STORY WHEN APPROPRIATE.

BUT LISTENING AND LEARNING IS

ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF

TRAVELING.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT YOU

ARE DOING, THE ART OF

STORYTELLING AND SHARING WHAT IS

HAPPENING, AND ALLOWING US TO

APPRECIATE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN

THE WORLD AROUND US.