2014-08-13
3 分钟Have you ever picked up, looked at or listened to something so beautiful, it left you in a state of awe? And then thought… I wonder what the person who made it is like? Is what I’m looking at just an extension of their heart and soul? And, if that soul is dark, will you […]The post Can You Feel a Maker’s Heart Through Their Art? appeared first on Good LifeProject. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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So it's a gorgeous summer afternoon and I've just driven these people, beautiful mountains from Charlotte, North Carolina to Abington, Virginia.
And I find myself at the Hartwood Artisan Gateway, this stunning facility out in the mountains, where I stumbled upon a video of this luthier guitar builder named Wayne Henderson.
Wayne lives about an hour away, maybe an hour and a half in rugby, Virginia.
And I've been researching building guitars for the last few years and become kind of obsessed with the craft, but actually never heard of Wayne before.
So watching the video of him and his workshop, I kind of mesmerized and I have to know more.
And it turns out that Wayne is also a national Heritage award recipient and a bit of a legend in the guitar building world, really, for two reasons.
One, he's a true master.
He's been honing his craft as a player and as a builder for more than four decades.
Plays like a savant, and he builds some of the most sought after guitars in the world, which leads to number two.
And that is that he once made Eric Clapton literally wait ten years for a guitar.
Not out of spite or ego, just because he's one guy.
And he still does most things by hand.
And the list of people who want guitars from him is about ten years long.
So I had to know more and I did some digging and discovered this book about Wayne and his life and this really deep devotion to guitars and music and the craft and the Clapton story.
The book is called Clapton's guitar, and it's written by an author named Alan St.
John.
For anyone with a deep appreciation for sort of a humility driven mastery, by the way, it's a must read.
So something at the end of the book really grabbed me, though, something I believed for a long time.