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Felt sad last night - keep hearing more and more old masters are dying, and some crafts would even die with them. It's really humbling when you know people spent 40 or 50 years focusing on doing ONE thing and working on what they enjoy till the day they die, and yet you see so many youngs already talking about retirement...
I feel the last generation's masters are already 50+ yr, so have about 30-40 years to learn those crafts from them, and then I keep thinking what will happen for the future generations? using everything machine-made? don't even know how to make things with their own bare hand but keep buying BS?
You are the teacher of the next generation, Natalia.
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I'm still a student myself - trying to absorb as much as I can, before it's too late. 👀
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69 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 21 Jan
Sure, but regarding masters of the crafts you describe, who will carry on the traditions? I'm not saying you're ready now, but you will be at some point. As I get older I realize that my family traditions were passed to me by people who are all gone. These traditions won't make it to the next generation without me passing them down.
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some young Turks ( but not many) are still learning them, but the reality is that many crafts will die down soon. e.g. did you ever see a spoon made out of horns and bones? 👀 I'm amazed by it!
I will travel a bit to visit some old craftsmen in the East of Anatolia to see what I can do, and the main reason why not many people are learning them is because of not making much money right, let's see what Bitcoin power will do.
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