re: History: Capturing the Culture of the Times

I suppose the ancient Egyptians thought that their method of recording history was going to be good enough to tell future generations what they were up to but now we mostly guess at what they did. Those Stonehenge guys probably didn’t care what we, 6000 years on, thought about them.

The trouble with wood is it decays and quickly in the conditions found around my home. I doubt any of the stuff I make would last 6000 years but if any did I’m sure the finder would wonder why I bothered. I also wonder if they would be able to accurately tell the difference between say, my bathroom cabinet and something someone 200 years ago made, not because I’m just as good as that, but I do use a lot of the same techniques. Perhaps they’d categorise me as “Later 21st century power crafter” or some such.

Maybe I should write a little note on the bottom of my stuff: “I made this because I could and not because I had to. I made this because it gave me pleasure to carry on traditions that seem to be getting lost. I made this because it was fun.”

Or maybe not.