Subject: Carving or Whittling?
Content: Dan Miller of 48days.com found this sign in Lynchburg, TN... " To the casual observer, carving and whittling may appear to be similar pursuits. But the two are related only by the fact that each requires a sharp knife, a good piece of wood, and, as with most things round here, a fair amount of time. Here’s how to tell the difference. If a person is carving, he is making some sort of useful object. Odds are he will end up passing this object on to somebody who will appreciate the gesture greatly. In whittling, on the other hand, the process itself is the thing. The result of this effort is simply a poke of wood shavings. It is important to note that this does not make whittling any less important than carving. Each is useful in its own way, and rarely does a person excel at both." Do you agree with that distinction? If so -- or not -- which one do you do? I find myself doing a bit of both. Sometimes it starts as carving, but ends up just whittling. Other times, it starts out as whittling and becomes a carving.
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