Post #503785 by pdrake on Tue, Jan 12, 2010 12:53 AM

just found a few chisels (great quality) that my dad had given me. totally forgot about them. it made me quite maudlin for a moment and then it was tempered by the fact that he was proud of me and supported my artistic endevours. i think i'm ready to start carving again. i'm sure he wouldn't want me to let anything keep me from being creative and happy. that's one of the things that kept him going, inspired him and pleased him. he always wanted those feelings to carry into his friends and family. there was not much more in the world that he loved more than a person's passion. whether it was for science, art, family, cooking or whatever, as long as you loved to do what you did, that was wonderful to him and he'd listen to you talk about it.