We're surrounded!

It's nice to be back in the studio riding my Tommy Stuart wheel again. Hey, I could be doing a Skutt ad with my Tommy and my programmable Skutt. This morning we put up some cement Wonder board around the kiln, glazed and loaded a glaze firing, and I started throwing some pots. I found that my pots were looking better with 2 pulls rather than the usual 3. With 3 pulls they were too light and I lost the strong look that I like.
Being back on the wheel gives me time to think again. One of my more perceptive students e-mailed me last night in reference to all the talk in academia of the future of craft. She wrote: Tony you are surrounded by bullshitters and you're outnumbered. I wonder how many of my students will walk the walk?
In my twenties I would have filled the room with pots. A run of 5 jugs would have been embarrassing. With this small kiln our day will be scattered with unloading, glazing, loading,  and making. We get to unload a glaze firing in the morn. I hope there is something this time worthy of showing y'all.
 To makers of the world- Circle the wagons we're under attack!