Some say that woodworking is so popular because it gives you satisfaction and fulfillment from the creativity emotion you feel , when you achieve a woodcraft , easy or difficult .
Yes this is true , but it’s not the primary reason for its popularity . The clay crafts creator , the extreme hot glassmakers and many more creators , are creating amazing crafts , but these areas aren’t so popular as the woodworking .
Some say that woodworking is so popular because it gives the pleasure of problems solving and of course this is true , but it’s not the primary popularity reason either .
The car mechanics , the plumbers , et.c , are providing problems solutions , but their areas aren’t so popular , as the woodworking is of course .
Some say that the woodworking is so popular , because you connect with other woodworkers , carpentry communities and you exchange informations and stuff like that .
Of course they’re correct , but this isn’t the primary popularity reason , also .
We have countless people’s communities on this earth , for million reasons and as you can imagine , all these communities aren’t all , very popular .
Some say that woodworking is so popular , because of the soul and body therapeutic benefits it provides to the human beings , but this is not the primary and basic reason , again .
Meditation , forest walks , hiking , et.c , are providing also body and soul therapeutic benefits , but not so many do these constantly and with the same passion , the woodworkers have for woodworking .
Some say that woodworking is so popular because it combines the satisfaction from this activity and the practical crafts you can get and use in your daily life , in several “missions” .
Yes , this is true of course , the woodworking activity combines the emotion with practicality , but i don’t think it’s the primary reason for its popularity form so many millions .
Some say that woodworking is so popular because of its smell , its alive feeling and energy it provides to anyone who touches raw wood and the connection to nature , which is so strong , unexpelained and “mystical” .
I think that this approach is the closest to the realistic reason the woodworking is so popular to all humans , to all ages , in all the differences in sociaty people have .
The woodworking activity is so popular because the wood as an element , is the only natural primitive material which mother Earth grows it from a seed to a complete tree , “feeding” it with the exact same energy , Earth has .
No other natural , primitive , Earth’s ingredient has this privilege as the wood has and that’s why it’s an alive element , having this so alive and “strange” energy .
You think that the warmth sensation and alive thrill you feel , even if you only touch a piece of wood , you feel it randomly ?
Of course not and it happens to all the human beings( and alive creatures) , because the wood shares the same solid energy , humans and our mother Earth share , from the beginning of time .
Yes , there are many other primitive materials on Earth ( water , stones , soil , sand , et.c .) , but nothing of these share this “mystic” connection , Earth and wood – trees , have .
Imagine this : You plant tiny seed and mother Earth ( along with the sun of course ) , makes it from a small tree to a giant Sequoιa , of the 100+ meter high .
So be aware that no matter who you are a woodworker or not , every time you touch a piece of wood and you feel this amazing feeling and energy , there is a reason for it .
All the other benefits that the woodworking activity provides ( inner fulfillment , connection with others and communities , the creating satisfaction , the soul relief from the daily routine , et.c . ) , of course exist , but they come after the basic and primitive factor of woodworking’s popularity .
Keep woodworking and let yourself “open” to this magnificent way of living .