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WHy, How, What?

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Why do I do fablab? To simply put, I never pictured myself as an employee. I had some jobs as student or freelance but I could never stay there, doing all my life the same kind of job. Then, later, I eared about "Multipotentialist" and understand that was exactly why I changed 3 times of courses/fields (Agronomy>Landscape Architect>3D and special FX) then worked in interactive gaming, cinema and even in a startup in aerospace tech. So at some point, the "no cure no pay" condition, the precarity of the job and having to accept "no sens" projects, all of that trigger my wake up call.
I need to be free to decide what matter most in my life, to act accordingly, guided by my values which, I discovered later, are shared along a bigger and global community of makers, whatever their country or culture. "I'm part of something" I understood that, I learned from this community but online only, I was still alone.

The closest fablab at the time (2010-11) was Leuven (BE) or Gent (BE). Too far, I don't have time or money for that. So I started mine. Organically. On my own money and time. By doing myself, learning from opensource resources. Growing my own skills. And my goal is still the same, simple: how to make a job from what I love to do? Find my way into that massive ball of unknown, and find my way to live from this wonderful activity.

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• serious gaming It's fun to make stuff but it's also dangerous. So
• respect people, the tools and machinery.

First and foremost in any shop: SAFETY FIRST. The shop holds many, many dangers to life and limb and finger and eyeball, and so the first rule is to respect the tools and machinery, keep the workplace neat and clean, don goggles, dust and ear protection, and pay attention to your own work and that of your neighbor.

Second rule is: “Please” and “Thank you.” We use good manners in the shop and we don’t allow our tempers to flare. One great artist lost his cool a few years ago, rather habitually, and so he was excused from our company. The point of a venerated craft like woodworking is to eschew the “rat race” mentality that is the cause of so much frustration in modern consumerist society. L.A. road rage is a perfect example of what happens to a population when it feels that happiness lies in the notion of “time is money.” At Offerman Woodshop, we understand the value of taking one’s time to do a job right, with meticulous care. We find the resultant recompense to be a more fortifying meal than mere dollars.

I want for the lab, to aim for this kind of level of madness mastery:

https://youtu.be/RukRs1J6Fk0

https://youtu.be/H-BxodY9qgI

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Motivational drives:

Why?

Epic Meaning & Calling

• [ ] Acting on what’s matter for me
• [ ] Being part of something bigger, maker movement.
• [ ] Working with love

  Development & Accomplishment

• [ ] Learning by doing, it’s ok to fail.
• [ ] Exploring the fringe. The sweet and sublime feeling of discovering or understanding something new. Adventure!

  Empowerment of Creativity & Feedback

• [ ] Being better, to be more efficient, leveling up > making efficiently money, stop losing time on BS jobs > more time to being free to explore further on what I feel important > respond to my Epic call
• [ ] Freedom AND responsibility, Exploring my own path to find my own solution in the respect of my values. And it's ok to fail.

How?

Ownership & Possession

• [ ] Personalized. learning just enough, when you need it. At your own speed. You matter.
• [ ] Customization. Building my machines, my proccess, tailor made for my challenges and goals.
• [ ] Documentation. Document first for your own benefit, it's your work, your time. Then it could help other... maybe.
• [ ] Leveling UP myself, my skills.

Social Influence & Relatedness

• [ ] No teaching but Mentorship instead. Peer 2 peer learning.
• [ ] Portfolio. To help connect with other like you.
• [ ] It's OUR lab. Let's make it great together.
• [ ] Leveling UP the lab to work better together
• [ ] But remember to give a fuck on what matter.

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So what we do?

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Un bon chi est un chi qui coule convenablement. un mauvais chi stagne. La vie est mouvement, la mort est immobilité. La vie est changement et spontanéité, la mort est immobilisme et rigidité.

Mantak Chia, massage chi des organes internes. Chapitre1 A6