If we go to the ballet, I have no clue what I'm looking at. I can't tell what's coming next.

I only know things as they happen, and even when they did, I have no idea what they mean.

But I can go into a workshop that's manufacturing at Japanese

Temple and like I have good sense as to what I'm looking at how these pieces are going

to put themselves together.

So I've always been fascinated in that creation process where you go from raw material to something

else. Hey everybody. I'm your host Stephen Pulverin and this is Hodinky Radio.

By now if you're a regular listener you'll know that I love having guests on the show

who can't be boiled down to just a simple label.

And this week's guest is a perfect example of that.

Adam Morelli's an artist, he's a photographer, he's a builder, he's a philosopher, he's a craftsman, and of course he's a watch lover.

But he's also a friend, he's somebody I've known for a while, and somebody who I always enjoy talking to

about big ideas and the ways that we find meaning in the little things.

It was a ton of fun to finally have them on the show and sit down and chat about things,

like what defines culture, what makes it so difficult to pin down,

why Zen philosophy has helped Adam find a center, and how he ended up a watch enthusiast

after reading a book about John Harrison.

We also dig into some big and sort of controversial questions, but you're going to have to listen on to hear that.

Before my chat with Adam, though, I sit down with our own editor-in-chief, Mr. Jack Forrester,

to talk about some of the recent stories he's written for the site.

Specifically, I'm interested in some of these big winding in-depth

pieces about things like how the modern watch escapement came to be the pros and

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