Furniture making, for woodworker Peter Korn, is the challenging work of bringing something new and meaningful into the world through one's own vision is exactly what generates the authenticity, meaning, and fulfillment for which many of us yearn. In this moving account, Peter Korn explores the nature and rewards of creative practice. We follow his search for meaning as an Ivy-educated child of the middle class who finds employment as a novice carpenter on Nantucket, transitions to self-employment as a designer/maker of fine furniture, takes a turn at teaching and administration at Colorado's Ander-son Ranch Arts Center, and finally founds a school in Maine: the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, an internationally respected, non-profit institution.