I’ve been working on a large project for months now. Some days it’s invigorating. Some days it’s tedious. There are parts of the work that are really creative; others have some judgment calls and some – looking for typographical errors – have no creativity whatsoever.
I really enjoyed this and am sharing with Joe. Hopefully his friends will catch it too.
Stan Rogers may speak to a generation that wasn’t born when the song was written. They probably need an explanation of the line about bend, fold, spindle… Never having seen a punch card.
Intellectual labor creates a different kind of tired. Physical labor is almost more sleep-inducing. I grind away at this computer for my freelance writing jobs, and have to get out and MOVE to dekink myself!
I think that physical labor enhances the way we are wired and built, while some kinds of intellectual labor re-wire us in bad ways.