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What Are You Becoming?
On daily practice, terrible posts, and the permission to start right now. Pottery Dailies post 893. I started writing The Pottery Dailies on January 4th, 2024. I was inspired to do so by the business philosopher Seth Godin. I came … Read the rest
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The Voice in Your Studio
On the inner critic, the head full of opinions, and the fact that you didn’t put it there. There is a voice in your head that has opinions about everything you make, and you did not invite it in. It … Read the rest
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Building On the Past
On reading Daniel Rhodes and finding the builders already got it right. I have been reading Kilns: Design, Construction, and Operations by Daniel Rhodes, a chapter at a time, and I went in, half expecting to find the places … Read the rest
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Work for the Fall begins.
– Creek Road Pottery LLC Newsletter – July 19th, 2026 – Hello from rural Pennsylvania, where the Canadian wildfire smoke has cleared, the summer heat has not, and the wood kiln arch is on its third attempt. The last two … Read the rest
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The Accidental Stoic
On messing up philosophy, intentional discomfort, and counting the paper factory as a practice. I might have messed up being a Stoic. As a Stoic, I might accidentally do some practices that Stoics might do that make me a Stoic. … Read the rest
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The Microscope and the Skyline
On short views, long goals, and the drawing exercises that taught me how to see both. Today was much cooler, and the sun shone as I slept through it all to prepare for another night at the big paper factory. … Read the rest
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Write Your Own Story
On the difference between participating in someone else’s plot and writing your own. There are two kinds of work in my life. One of them has a story that someone else wrote, and I show up and participate in it. … Read the rest
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What Holds a Kiln Together: A Potter’s Guide to Kiln Mortar
This post grew out of a specific construction problem: I am rebuilding Ana, a single-chamber Bourry box wood kiln at Creek Road Pottery LLC in Laceyville, Pennsylvania, and I had to understand mortar correctly before the arch went up. What … Read the rest
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Reinventing Yourself
The person you become when you stop being the person you were. Reinvention is not a dramatic event. It is not the movie scene where a person quits their job, throws their badge on the desk, and walks out into … Read the rest
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Building Kilns With Books
On wooden forms, mixed bricks, and learning construction from the books and the bricks at the same time. I am building an arch on a wood kiln I have never fired, using bricks from a kiln someone else built, following … Read the rest
