Behind the curtain
For those of you who are familiar with OZ, either the movie or the book, you have learned that the best stuff in life is probably behind the curtain. My own experience is that the best moments of any facility are found in the official tours. Be it a factory theatre or a park or whatever. I have had the chance to visit different places where things get done and I have others that I still want to visit. I would love to watch an RV being built from scratch. Still might. I would really like to see older radios being built or repaired. Still might. I would even appreciate learning how a bicycle is put together. Still might. Of course we can now find lots of video footage from different corporate enterprises. Like the one that built my house. Or the one that builds RV’s. The magic is not in the finished product but rather in the process. We can all imagine how something is designed and assembled but until you actually watch the process you will have to assume that you are missing crucial steps. Like the installation of steps. At this point in my life I would even settle for watching fish get cut. Just because. Or watch potatoes being processed into food. Remember that all of the process moments had to be created by someone before you got there. In real life there is very little magic. I will probably never see someone make a pair of pants but only because I have very little interest. However I would love to watch a tuba go from being an idea to something you can hold in two hands. Again still possible. In fact there are so many things to learn going forward. Right now I want to know how milk gets into a bag. If only because I just learned that the process has its roots here in Canada.
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