whistle while you work

This post was fun to assemble. I hope these examples inspire anyone looking for ways hard work can actually be fun. A difficult task is so much easier with cultural support! These elements can be part of our art systems, part of our lives. As I witness these examples, I wonder what else is still out there, and what needs to be in place for these practices to survive modernity? Where else in life are they experiencing work music, rhythm, and integrated beauty to create enough soil for these manifestations to bloom? This does not happen in isolation. Food preparation, dancing, fashion, spirituality, festivals and even architecture are shaped by all of this…