Beautiful cutlery displayed at a friend's house we visited that day. They were carved out of wood by the friend's husband. On the wall were wooden objects in the shape of creatures. I was told that they were woodblocks that my friend's father had collected in his home country. On the way home, we stopped by a [Break Free](https://publish-01.obsidian.md/access/2111b9d225af06ee008da26e190adc1c/Attachments/2023-12-03%201.jpg) skateboard shop. I found shop boards that were printed with woodblock prints of skate spots in Oakland downtown in the shop. There were hardly any cars on the street. The owner of the store was also skating on the street. For the rest of the day, I couldn't get the feeling of carving wood out of my head.