While I may never attain the lumberjack status of my dad and grandfather, I feel a profound connection to them when I practice the skills they relied on for their livelihoods. Conceptually, there's beauty in the generational full cycle—from them being the lumberjacks who felled the trees to me using the wood to create fine artwork.
On a recent trip to visit my dad, he taught me how a carve a chain from a log that he felled.
