{"id":183,"date":"2007-11-20T18:25:04","date_gmt":"2007-11-20T23:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=183"},"modified":"2008-07-16T21:36:18","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T02:36:18","slug":"polymath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"Polymath"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have often given thought to my fragmented hobby interests; just too many activities within which to divide my time. So what is a man to do? Make the best from all of them, of course.<\/p>\n

I struggle to overcome what may be seen as a character flaw, that of being an amateur “renaissance man”\u00a0or “polymath<\/a>“. I have always aspired toward gaining a wide but significantly detailed range of knowledge and varied abilities. This does not automatically make me a genius as that is a definite distinction from polymath. I have not always followed the conventional schooled method of knowledge building, as I generally consider that route too slow and limiting. Self study and deep lifetime involvement serve me just as well.<\/p>\n

The result is I have gained considerable proficiency in many areas of interest. Here are a few; I am a licensed private aircraft pilot; I am a licensed amateur radio builder and operator; I am a certified energy engineer; I am a trade journeyman pipe fitter; I am a Navy veteran; I am a sheet metal and copper smith; I am an electrician; I am a computer literate in both hardware and programming; I am a machinist; I am a woodworker; I have built aircraft, both model and full size with many hundreds of hours of flight time in both; I can sail a boat; I am an image artist in painting and photography; I enjoy (good) music; I perform choir singing and have played trumpet as a young man; I design and control inside environments; I build web sites and Blogs and Internet storefronts; I study the heavens and stars and wonder at nature and the universe; I have been half way around the globe; I am always asked how I know and do so much. Well, that is who I am. I am also proud to be a good husband and father.<\/p>\n

Along side metal machining, woodworking is again my current private life passion, wood carving in particular. Wood has always been a core obsession since my maternal grandfather planted the seed. I have a large collection of magazines and books on the subject. This home\u00a0library confirms I have been practicing and studying this craft all my life. I have constructed some nice projects, but I never made it a full time vocation or avocation. It’s those many other interests I listed that gets in the way of full time dedication to one single lust. I do have one passion that is a full 50% of my hours in the day and it pays the bills; it’s my profession in energy management control<\/a>…<\/p>\n

But I am not a tinkerer<\/a>, or a person lacking of skill. I become\u00a0proficient at most everything and master at some. My declining health has me concerned but has not stopped me. I have to work harder and sometimes slower, but I press on. I hope I encourage the young to pursue all their interests. There is a lifetime in which to do it, but it starts today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have often given thought to my fragmented hobby interests; just too many activities within which to divide my time. So what is a man to do? Make the best from all of them, of course. I struggle to overcome what may be seen as a character flaw, that of being an amateur “renaissance man”\u00a0or “polymath“. I have always aspired toward gaining a wide but significantly detailed range of knowledge and varied abilities. This does...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[15,28,16,29,13,19],"class_list":["post-183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musing","tag-carving","tag-computer","tag-hobby","tag-photo","tag-tac","tag-wood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ramblindan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}