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This is something I like being. I like to make stuff out of things I can gather together.  I have learned to look at things in a different way, for example, I dropped a wine glass and the stem and foot broke off leaving the top of the glass completely intact. I saw that it was like a glass dome and although only small I have saved it to make something like a small bedside light - I will probably use an LED bulb for this and cut a circle of oak, mahogany or pine (because that is what I have) as a base.  I have also kept a sink strainer (the thing your plug fits into) - I want to use it as the back drop for clock handles because I like the colour of it and the pattern it has in it.  I have taken, with permission, scrappy bits of wood out of skips because I Have learned that under the paint and the stains there is still perfectly good, use-able wood. To me this is a good thing because I don't earn a lot of money and making things can be expensive!  Of course there are times when I need to buy things, but I try not to where I can and often projects have changed part way through because I couldn't afford what I needed and found a free alternative.  Does this mean I am cheap? a tight arse? Greedy? Maybe....I wouldn't call anyone in my financial position any of these names, I would call myself (and others) resourceful, creative, imaginative, smart.  Having, or learning, the ability to use items for a purpose other then what they were intended is actually a great skill!  I also think it makes projects a lot more fun and interesting - even the planning part is a lot more fun when trying to make something out of nothing - when you turn a bakers hand whisk into a light shade for example.   Making, be it out of wood, metal, cooking, knitting, drawing and so on is all forms of art. Art is a matter of taste and opinion - is that piece good? Well, that depends who you ask, right? To put it simply,  take two men, pick out a random lady in the street - one man may say she is attractive, they other may not.  Does it mean she is ugly? I suppose this is why some YouTube channels are HUGELY successful yet other seem to find it hard to get off the ground - it all depends on the audiences perception and taste.  I have seen several channels with literally a handful of subscribers/view counts and I am sat there thinking "Why hasn't this channel exploded in activity? It is amazing!"  That may be simply because myself and a handful of others like it, yet so many more don't.  Does it really matter though?  I suppose subscriber/view count numbers are important to some degree, I myself use to be hugely hung up on this to the point of checking the numbers many times a day! So much to the point that I pissed myself off! It was like I became addicted to the numbers!  It still matters a little bit, I DO like to see my channel grow and the view count rise but I think I have learned (or am learning) that this is NOT the important part.  The important part is, or should be in my opinion, the creative process - from planning, to making, filming, editing and uploading.  Not only that but the community that watch my videos - when someone clicks Like or share but mostly when they comment - the subsequent conversation from that first comment is also very important to me.  I do not get 100's of comments and in a way I am glad I don't, if I did I would never be able to keep up and would automatically lose part of that community that I currently have and enjoy - CONVERSATION! These are just some of the rambling thoughts I have when I am sat quietly and just thinking. If you have managed to read through without falling asleep, then, well bloody done! I bore the shit out of myself some days! So thank you for reading, when I have other thoughts, I may or may not put them up here again....you never know it might start a conversation or argument! All the best, Steve Maker. www.youtube.com/c/stevemaker

One of my YouTube videos, I hope you like it.  You can find more at www.youtube.com/c/stevemaker