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Finding Your Style Through Making
How 1000 Pots Reveal What 10 Cannot. We might ask what theme or topic our work might have or even which one we should pursue to become more cohesive. The answer is you do not have to do anything. … Read the rest
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Good Enough to Show
Practice Makes Better, Not Perfect. Once we have worked out all the processes that are needed to create a thing, we then need to ask who we created it for and what it is for. Creating is an act … Read the rest
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Spring Moisture
Cardinals, Budding Trees, and Wet Brick It’s springtime and the trees are starting to bud and grow out their leaves. The dull brown and gray landscape of winter is finally starting to turn green. It is still cold in the … Read the rest
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The Gallery and the Guilt.
A Day Off That Felt Like Failure.Today was spent volunteering at a local art gallery that was changing hands. We had to move work and set up different artists in different areas as changes are being made. It … Read the rest
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Showing Up Counts
Even When Nothing Gets Done Today was a nothing day. I slept most of it after another long night shift at the factory. When I finally woke up around 11:00 AM, I had that disoriented feeling of not knowing what … Read the rest
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Passing Time
Late Night Thoughts It’s another night shift at the big paper factory. The previous night the production line was down and we did cleaning and maintenance. It makes for a long night. I was not able to do much else … Read the rest
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The Light Box and the Pandemic
Memories of Solitude and Bonuses from the Ceiling I spent yesterday doing the unglamorous work of running a pottery business. Mailing payments. Picking up photos. Loading pots online using the light box I bought in 2020. That light box always … Read the rest
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What We Deserve
And Why the Universe Doesn’t Care. In my mind, when I believe I deserve something, I mostly then think, “Who am I to deserve anything?” Maybe it is just the way I happen to think about things that I think … Read the rest
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Panic as Fuel
Or Why I’m Writing This at Midnight. I might do better work when I panic. I am not saying that procrastination is a good thing. However, I tend to work harder at the things I am worried about. And … Read the rest
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Mission vs. Passion
Why I Make Pots Even on the Terrible Days When we dream and then put actions behind those dreams we begin to show who we are and the story we wish to live and tell the world on our own … Read the rest
