Comments on: Intentional Observation: Working retail http://theaestheticelevator.com/2009/12/03/intentional-observation-working-retail/ For a well-considered visual environment Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:21:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pcNielsen http://theaestheticelevator.com/2009/12/03/intentional-observation-working-retail/#comment-14246 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:37:00 +0000 http://theaestheticelevator.com/?p=3360#comment-14246 And I like the idea of apprenticeships, in craft and creativity. Have we had this conversation before?

]]> By: jim janknegt http://theaestheticelevator.com/2009/12/03/intentional-observation-working-retail/#comment-14192 Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:14:29 +0000 http://theaestheticelevator.com/?p=3360#comment-14192 I just finished reading Shopcraft as Soulcraft- http://www.amazon.com/Shop-Class-Soulcraft-Inquiry-Value/dp/1594202230/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1259971820&sr=8-1

It is a really good read about the value of work. He recommends learning a trade as a trade cannot be shipped overseas, it must stay local. I like his idea. I always thought artist should be taught a trade along with their art.

]]> By: Sarah Jane http://theaestheticelevator.com/2009/12/03/intentional-observation-working-retail/#comment-14165 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:56:54 +0000 http://theaestheticelevator.com/?p=3360#comment-14165 That sounds pretty similar to my experience working retail some years back. Well, except for the environmental stewardship part; I worked for a store whose loss-prevention policies prohibited recycling on the grounds that it would be easier to steal things by taking them out with the recycling than by throwing them away into a locked dumpster. Working the other side of the counter was really enlightening for me — it opened up a completely different way of understanding materialism and consumption. I don’t miss it, but that experience was a lot more valuable than the $6/hour they were paying me!

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