Attention practice can take craft forms like welding rooted in childhood apprenticeship

Evidence

But Attention Activists come in all stripes. Take Josh, of Boise, Idaho. Josh is a welder and has been since he discovered the craft in a high school shop class. He recounts with a smile his first time at the bench: the explosion of light, the flying sparks, the heat, and the sputtering hiss of the torch was an “assault on the senses.” Josh had always been into tools and handiwork. His happiest childhood memories include playing Bob the Builder with his grandfather, a farmer who, in Josh’s fond recollection, could conjure just about anything with a trip to the lumber shop, a patch of dirt, and his two hands. To build on such an elemental level—directly to fuse two pieces of metal—struck him as a near miracle. — The Friends of Attention, Attensity!, 396

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Skill-based knowledge of place is transmitted through apprenticeship, not lessons — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 1326; Artistic activity is a distinct training ground for free attention; Making stone tools likely relates to learning speech. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 96 (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Skill-based knowledge of place is transmitted through apprenticeship, not lessons — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 1326; Artistic activity is a distinct training ground for free attention; Making stone tools likely relates to learning speech. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 96 (+3 more)