(creak)
I planted about 200 trees
in my plantation up here.
When I am 100 I usually say I can start
using the wood for my work.
People laugh at that of course.
And I laugh with them.
But I could have one day left in my life,
and I could have some more years.
That's not the point.
The point is the now.
The now is, in a way, life.
You must be able to fill life with meaning.
I can't imagine a life
without making things with my hands.
The sound,
the shape,
the colours.
When the light comes through
and opens the heart of the wood for me,
I get something more than just the form.
Something like a fourth dimension.
It's like finding the sun inside the tree.
The tree is created by the sun,
and now you find the sun once more.
When you are older, you can't work as hard
as you could before.
You must pause more.
But it doesn't matter what your possibilities are.
You must use your body, your mind,
your hands, your ears, everywhere.
To create is a way of loving.
If I don't love the work I do, it is meaningless,
it is just a way of making money.
And money doesn't have anything
to do with love.
In the life of a person,
love will be the only thing
you can take with you when you die.
Love is essential.
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