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I wanted to start this blog 'effert' off by thinking about the different ways that we exert our effort in this world; how we move within ourselves, communities and beyond. I'm thinking of the 'ways', 'manners', or 'lenses' that we operate in and from. There might be several categories, but one of the first that came to mind we'll call 'hand effort'. 

This is something that doesn't come to me often, but I want to cultivate more of it. Hand effort is the feeling of direct and singular focus. In some ways it's detached, when working in this there are few if any connections of the task to external thoughts, strong emotions, and lofty idea's. It's methodical.

 In the end it often creates moments or spaces of contemplation. You can settle into it because it's not actively trying to scream something at you or you're not trying to actively imbue the creation with meaning, you can kind of settle into it. It's specific, the singularity of the task makes it simply and inherently articulate. Often this involves repetition, think knitting, matching socks, cutting through chicken wire. Task meditations. 

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I'll leave you with a video of William Forsythe hand effort master.

*Piper Shepard. Pattern Pinning.