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Recently I listed some of the services I would like to provide and came to the decision that this blog would, over time, lead me to solidify them and put them into play. In the mean time Rich Becker over at Copywrite Ink has gotten me thinking about mission statements. I have never had one for my business but I am going to stand and deliver a working one now:
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The Junction Home Services mission is to help clients and their buildings discuss, dispute and finally discover the delicate meaning of home.
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Why personify the home that will ultimately house the person? Because when we think of the exchanges we have with our existing or un-built home as a dialogue we assign buildings and future buildings the life force which is required to make it our true partner. Every building project is a conversation, every renovation a dialogue and all signs of needed maintenance are story tellers. By listening to the house with our eyes we can learn to communicate on its level and by building the house so it tells us what it needs it can learn to communicate on ours.
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Why include disputes? Doesn’t this send a negative message? In all meaningful dialogues there are moments of friction. Besides having obvious alliterative qualities dispute is there to symbolize struggle. Nothing good can be ushered into reality without it.
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Why is the meaning of home delicate? The meaning of home is delicate because human beings have a sacred bond with their space. When their space does not work for them it will work against them. This may not make them any less attached to their building but it may make them less attached to their home.
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How do you know any of this? I don’t, for sure, that is why I am calling this a working mission statement. Its purpose is not unlike the delicate meaning of home. It should feel right and make sense to me on a fairly organic level. A mission statement is a home of words for my business. It should be comfortable, therefore I am trying it on.
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No Job Too Odd!
Junction Home Services began in 2003 as Strange Renovations; a name derived from a desire I had to take on unusual projects. In reality, the jobs I embarked upon were not all that out of the ordinary, but each provided insight into the craft, complexity and life cycle of a building project.
I learned that I have different responsibilities when I am the initiator of a project than when I am called in to address another's work. I also learned that doing my best work gives my customers real value that will save them time and money down the road.
My career as a carpenter began in 1989 when I moved into a one-room schoolhouse in Roxana, Delaware. The building was 106 years old at the time and in need of much attention. Slowly I became more and more involved with carpentry until eventually I began to earn my living working with wood. I still live in the house today.
The name Junction was chosen in 2008. I selected it because each home stands upon a junction of its past and future. This is where we live our lives and where the work gets done.
I learned that I have different responsibilities when I am the initiator of a project than when I am called in to address another's work. I also learned that doing my best work gives my customers real value that will save them time and money down the road.
My career as a carpenter began in 1989 when I moved into a one-room schoolhouse in Roxana, Delaware. The building was 106 years old at the time and in need of much attention. Slowly I became more and more involved with carpentry until eventually I began to earn my living working with wood. I still live in the house today.
The name Junction was chosen in 2008. I selected it because each home stands upon a junction of its past and future. This is where we live our lives and where the work gets done.
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4 comments:
RIDING THE RODS:
Also, "dispute" can be a form of protest. The dialogue here is not just between people and their buildings but extends out into and is informed by the larger society/community and its buildings.
"How does my home fit in?"
"How does it stand out?"
"How can I legitimize my choices in a healthy way I can own without being self conscious?"
Our space is in constant dispute. And the Bruce and I dispute over how intense we believe the dispute to be. We often disagree on the decibel levels. He hears more discordance than I and that creates greater discordance between us. We have begun to eliminate material goods, which I cannot dispute is a problem that we share in terms of the collecting. The collection of materials (not all but some) is a nervous habit. Rather American, I would say. Also, in the buildings of New York City, many of which were built in the last 70 to 100 years, they were created for a people that did not live in a material age. The closet space reflects this. It is not an ancient aesthetic. The design was based, I believe, on the reality of the time. And both Bruce and I want to get back to that reality. We are in the process of the discarding of clothing at the moment. And next, most painful and woeful of all, will come the books. My pledge to myself is to acquire a library card and keep only the Classics and certain histories.
Great points about the time and mentalitiy those apartments were concieved for. You can bet your booty that newer apartments reflect the storage needs of our ever changing culture.
And booty be bet, there are an enormous number of empty apartments and office spaces in this city, which is growing. Stores and shops are closing down at an ever-increasing rate. I feel very badly for the people that are discarded, but I don't miss the generic shops. They don't belong in this City. I was watching the movie "Manhattan" the other night and said to a friend, "I really miss that City."
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