more design thinking for your day

while i do enjoy making things i have a certain level of skill in, i learn so much more when i create in a foreign medium!

like the time i took a welding lesson from a friend of mine who is a master.  every step was a huge learning curve for me.  he is a great teacher and even found good things to say about my "finished product" which was too kind for what i ended up with.

or the time i learned to drill candle-sized holes in wood for christmas gifts.  a different, but again very patient teacher.  he got an ice pack for me when i thought i had nearly cut my thumb off.  (turns out, i just badly bruised the nail).  

creative thinking says "take up an interest in something you know nothing about".  so in the spirit of that, i signed up for a glass fusing class.  i'll let you know how it goes!  

what is outside your realm of expertise that you've been wanting to try?  go for it and tell us the story...