Has the extinction of machining extinguished something else?

This is not new. An
end of craftsmanship 

has been announced for 

thousands of years.

Every generation

lives with less of

what it was, more

of what is left.

Ours was the last

to know the silk in

the machine, and to

sense the passion in

their feel, their heft,

their balance in use,
inspiring concentration.

                              Who knows? 

One fine day,

maybe none of

the senses will

be needed to

make pictures.

Ketchup, after

all, is already

a vegetable.

iv, Gordon Willis for Francis Coppola