scientific method and the fish catching you…
I just watched a video here on the internet. (I’ll post the link, promise.) I’ve just “put to bed” another batch of soap. I’ve been listening to all of the wisdom and input from many experienced soap makers. Some of their lessons are coming home to roost. Back to basics…experiment and explore…but do it in microbatches…change only one thing and then see how it does…document document and did I say document? I have to laugh at how many of those rules got broken on today’s experimental batch of soap. Nothing like doing it wrong to drive home the lesson! 😀 (for those worried, that soap batch won’t see the light of day unless it’s been tested as good *wink*)
Isn’t it amazing when you realize you’ve learned an important lesson at just about the time you’ve screwed up? You can take yourself serious about it or laugh it off and how the “fish” catches you. (if you don’t get me, it’s okay…i realize i’m a bit out there! It’s a reference to the video link. :-D)
My husband has deep respect for climbers that excel AND concern themselves of their own environmental footprint. There’s quite a list of those. Yvon Chouinard is top of that list. (duh for those that know of Yvon) It’s not coincidence that my husband is in the woods of Finland as I write this…
My own opinion of this man, having never met him is of awe. My own soap packaging is based on his store, Patagonia doing gift bags out of scraps of fabric not fit for apparal and the like. A gift bag that can be used and reused and used again….I still have the free ones from the then new Patagonia Buckhead store that we pass among family members for gifts to this day. That one inspired idea alone is fabulous! I’ve never seen Yvon…not until this video. When I talk about getting back to basics and simplifying, his impact on our world is part of the reason why. We need to be listening instead of bustling about missing the hints for our own purpose and where we are supposed to be.
Bringing all that back around, you can listen and soap eeerr soak up knowledge and still miss the whole point. Get into the trenches and experiment…it’s possible that the fish might catch you!
~Regina
the link: http://returntotheoutdoors.com
