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The film I propose would be modest. I have no funds of my own, and thus would need to apply to the National Endowment of the Arts for a grant to do the picture. Of course, competition for these grants is keen. 

The budget for the film would be small. This would necessitate economy of means, thus the film would use narration, spoken by you, rather than synchronous interviews. The film would be photographed in winter, November of 1984, or January or February of 1985, assuming a grant was awarded. The bareness of the landscape and of the trees together with the nature of the light during the winter months would contribute to the austere quality that I think should be in the picture. I have not written a treatment for the film but several scenes come to mind. The following is in random order. 

1. A scene where you confer with the sawyer at the mill and supervise the cutting of several logs. Ideally, one of these logs would yield wonderfully grained boards. 

2. A scene where you examine an unusual board which contains "defects" and your work out and decide how you will utilize this wood. You speak about "nature's defects" and the task of the woodworker in discovering the beauty inherent in the wood and how through his craft the woodworker brings this beauty out fully for others to see. 

3. A walk through your woods. Your comment on the woods, the land, and what they mean to you. 

4. The Ho Valley, Washington. A sense of primeaval forest. You comment, voice over narration, on your youth in Washington and how the magnificent forests of the Pacific Northwest affected you early in your life. 

5. A scene in which the camera explores, moves around, and shows in detail examples of your work. You comment on design, what good design is to you, what you have sought to achieve in your work. 

6. A scene in which you speak about the nature of craft and lack of it in the modern world. You speak, perhaps critically, of contemporary architecture. You comment on the beauty, simplicity, and honesty of design and craft in early American farm buildings. You tell us of the value of this tradition, what can be learned by a study of these buildings. 

7. A scene in which you work with hand tools. The tools are depicted in such a manner that they are seen to be beautiful. You comment on the pleasure of working with hand tools, and discuss the uniqueness of some of the Japanese hand tools.