The Reciever

Time 3:30
9/28/10 - 1:00 Research and communication with Ben Hicks
9/30/10 - 1:00 research on wood identification
10/2/10 - 1:30 Pulling down and cutting dead tree



This weekend I pulled a dead tree out of the ground and started to cut it up for use. It has some bugs in it, but the tree is relatively thick so the damage may be manageable.

I send an email to Ben Hicks, the maker of my didgeridoo, and asked some questions about specifics of didgeridoo shape to sound relationships. He responded by saying that he was not concerned with the shape he wanted the wood to have, but rather what shape wanted to come out. He went on to say that the energy of the wood had a great deal to do with how well the product comes out. I found this information very profound, because I have somehow failed to incorporate the feeling of the wood into consideration. I am very glad he brought this to my attention because i was ignorant of it, and I am also very glad that he had that attitude, one which I feel is perfectly appropriate. From now on I will consider didgeridoo crafting for myself as a complete art form, and incorporate as much of myself as I can in the expression.