things made by sam
things made by sam
FOR THE LONELY MAN
Ah, the joys of playing catch on a summer evening.
Few activities that create such leisurely satisfaction strictly require a companion (drinking cocktails for instance), yet playing catch always does. Perhaps no more. As I’ve found myself yearning that feeling of having a leather glove as an appendage and tossing around a leather ball amidst good conversation and the dying light of the day, I discovered the need for this machine.
I initially imagined it would become something so complexly designed, so meticulously thought out, that it would take on a humorously lonely tone. And I hope it does. Although I think there’s something at the core of loneliness that even humor can’t bring to the surface lightly, but oh well.
Enjoy, all you one man toss-and-catchers.
July 14, 2010