metacool Thought of the Day

"The way I produce a chicken is an extension of my worldview.  You can learn more about that by seeing what's on my bookshelf than having me fill out a whole bunch of forms."
-- Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms, as quoted in The Omnivore's Dilemma

Comments

[Roger von Oech]

Interesting quote.

I wonder how true it will be in the future. Many of the ideas and images that people pick up today aren't from the pages of a book, but from the screens of their various digital appliances. It's difficult to display those.

Also, when I was younger, it gave me great comfort to see all of my books spread out of book shelves. I'd look at them and think, "So that's what I know!" (Don't laugh, I'm sure many of you have been there as well.) As the years have gone on, my philosophy has changed and I've tried to give a lot of these away to friends and libraries, so that I'm left with just a core set of books that I go back to from time to time for inspiration.

[Diego Rodriguez]

Glad you liked the Salatin quote.

For me, the first part of it, the "worldview" part, was the most interesting. I'm fascinated by creative people with a strong point of view.