Making

Historical Context

The craftsman guilds of medieval Europe didn't separate thinking from doing—apprentices learned by making, under the guidance of masters. The Renaissance ideal was the uomo universale—the person who could design a building, paint a fresco, and invent a flying machine. Ben Franklin was a printer, inventor, and writer. The Bauhaus believed form follows function and that design is inseparable from craft. This school rejects the false division between "thinkers" and "doers," recognizing that understanding deepens through creation.

Why It Matters Today

In a world of passive consumption, making is an act of agency. Publishing your work online means you don't need permission from gatekeepers. Learning to code, design, or build physical objects makes you a producer, not just a consumer. The feedback loop of creation—try, fail, refine, share—is how real learning happens. Plus, in an age of AI, the ability to ship something tangible—a website, an essay, a project—proves you can execute, not just ideate.

Who This Is For

If you learn best by doing, if you've ever wanted to build something but didn't know where to start, if you're tired of consuming and ready to create—this school is for you. It's for writers who want readers, designers who want portfolios, and anyone who believes that ideas only matter when they exist in the world. You don't need to be "creative"—you need to be willing to start.

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