Artisans vs. Hired Hands

Artisans are often endlessly fascinated by what is going on around them. They regard it from a standpoint of their understanding of the world. What is going on here? How can I make sense of it? what do I want people to understand about what I see? What is the best way to do that? Whether they like it or not, they are part of the game. Paradoxically, they are are at their least comfortable when things are easy. They like the crumbling edge where the new and interesting is to be found. Artisans like edges. Edges help them to be.

Hired Hands like the centre. It's where they can do their best work, and get paid well for it. They don't like things that get in the way, and they don't want failure to mess up their portfolio and progression to their next hire. They want a portfolio full of demonstrable achievement in time frames that impress their next prospect.

We are all artisans and hired hands in our lives. Work for the joy of it and work for the need of income. Sometimes, it's in the same …