When the thoughts drifting through one’s mind forms a concept, when that concept is expressed and placed upon paper in a more elaborate and calculated fashion, when the resources necessary have been discovered and their apportionment approved, and when the organizational structure is in place to permit the process of realization, it is the task of the artisan to actually make that which began as a concept into a reality.

The artisan uses the schematics and specifications provided by the designer to guide his purpose. An artisan possesses skill in his or her chosen profession but without an understanding of the envisioned intention of the conceptualist, as permitted by the articulator but especially the designer, there would remain a real risk that the finished product might be fine workmanship in itself but not useful for the purpose of the task at hand.

The resources of the initiator are rationed and managed by the administrators and encourage the efficient use of them by the artisan. This includes not only the raw resources required but also any form of equipment that the artisan may require in order to complete the task to satisfaction.

The modern equivalent of the artisan is the worker. Unfortunately this modern equivalent to the artisan does not necessarily possess the skills and the wisdom associated with the materialization of concepts.

Either way, what one is left with is the final product, itself representing the physical expression of what was once just a concept or idea. The artisan gives body to that concept.

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