This isn't beauty like the Roman Coliseum but, it is the basics of how anything is started. It is the simple ingenuity of building blocks that leads to creation, that leads to surplus productivity, that leads to creation for its own sake or creation with superfluous adornment.
If necessity is the mother of invention, leisure may be the mother of art.
Edit: I should have mentioned that closed captioning should be turned on while watching the videos. It is how he narrates. Thanks for the reminder @3Whuurs
Ahh, this is where my view on the channel is incapable of breaking the suspension of disbelief. He is out somewhere doing these things, but he's still going to be eating prepared food (although I can't remember if it was him or somebody else that did a really cool cooked chicken on a stick). Yes, from the standpoint of the video he is working from the bottom, but he's also not having to spend the extra effort that goes into tribal living. It is a testament to how far human knowledge has gone that he can bootstrap that far, and he would be capable of doing these things even if society collapsed and he had to spend 90% of his time hunting.
But, I don't view him as being one with nature here. Getting closer to nature for short term like camping, yes. But realistically, he's not spending the full of his time in nature. It's a beautiful illusion if you can fall into it, I just can't.
But, you do have an excellent point in the final line. Grabbing some sticks metaphorically could mean grab the base level of any art. I've been having to guild new techs lately, and one of the hardest things to get them to do is just play with the material. But, what if things go wrong, you have to clean it up afterwards. Somehow getting the momentum building in older people like myself can be quite difficult and I don't know why. But, you see children do it all the time. No thought of the what ifs. Just ooh that's shinny. Sorry, more rambling then coherent thought.
patchCodeUnsuccessful 0 points 2.4 years ago
Ahh, this is where my view on the channel is incapable of breaking the suspension of disbelief. He is out somewhere doing these things, but he's still going to be eating prepared food (although I can't remember if it was him or somebody else that did a really cool cooked chicken on a stick). Yes, from the standpoint of the video he is working from the bottom, but he's also not having to spend the extra effort that goes into tribal living. It is a testament to how far human knowledge has gone that he can bootstrap that far, and he would be capable of doing these things even if society collapsed and he had to spend 90% of his time hunting.
But, I don't view him as being one with nature here. Getting closer to nature for short term like camping, yes. But realistically, he's not spending the full of his time in nature. It's a beautiful illusion if you can fall into it, I just can't.
But, you do have an excellent point in the final line. Grabbing some sticks metaphorically could mean grab the base level of any art. I've been having to guild new techs lately, and one of the hardest things to get them to do is just play with the material. But, what if things go wrong, you have to clean it up afterwards. Somehow getting the momentum building in older people like myself can be quite difficult and I don't know why. But, you see children do it all the time. No thought of the what ifs. Just ooh that's shinny. Sorry, more rambling then coherent thought.