[MD] The Craftsman

[Platt Holden]

Hi All,

In today's NYTimes book review section is an article about Richard 
Sennett's new book entitled "The Craftsman." Dennett maintains the "work of 
the hand can inform the mind," reminding me of a major theme in ZMM and the 
following passage from Lila:

"This city is composed of their value patterns! It was their optimism, 
their belief in the future, their codes of craftsmanship and labor and 
thrift and self-discipline that really built twentieth-century America. 
Since the Victorians disappeared the entire drift of this century has been 
toward a dissipation of these values." (Lila, 17)

How true!

The article is available at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/books/review/Hyde-t.html?ref=books

Regards,
Platt