In the March issue of Outside, a series of interviews I did with do-it-yourself innovators. It's a five-page spread that explores the mentality of people who just did it, from an urban farmer to treehouse makers to a bike-frame-builder who specializes in women.
One thing they all had in common: sticking with it. I hope this comes through in the interviews. At first, they are just people doing their own thing. Like, "I don't know, this is what I love to do, so I do it." And eventually everyone else realizes that they aren't going to stop doing what they're doing. So, gradually, somehow, people start to take them seriously. And they eventually win MacArthur grants and show up in the pages of glossy magazines.
