I define “hands on” as creating a three dimensional work of art rather than “hands on” referring to typing in a computer workshop.  The other day we ended class with professor Phillips discussing how manual labor has shifted from an art to an underpaid tedious job.  I personally love working with my hands and one of the tremendous downsides to the recent technological innovations is the increasing under appreciation for occupations that deal with working with ones hands.  Contractors and carpenters are prime examples of jobs that were once an enjoyable art form that have turned to a single leader paying impoverished employees (normally immigrants) under minimum wage to execute simple tedious instructions.  Ive always enjoyed hands on work and wish I could find a respectable and profitable job that deals with the creation of some type of art through my hands.  A literary influence to this mindset came from this book about why working with one’s hands leads to happiness.  It describes the happiness one can acquire through creativity and self accomplishment through fixing things.  The author then explains how skilled manual labor may be one of the only options remaining to a good living.  Im sure there are numerous jobs that result with a happy living that do not require manual labor but i do wish to explore these types of options in the future.