Deep Well
We're all wondering who, what, why, how and when. I've been distracted from my work with ripping up my front and back hallway up, painting my guest room pink at the request of my grand daughter. I've also been riding 30K a day thru Amish country early in the morning.
I went to bed the other night and thought hey man get back your groove, get the mojo going. Hey man you are an artist wtf are you doing avoiding your work?
So I went down to the studio and I made some teapots that I like. I didn't make them for the marketplace. I made them for me. I had fun! Ain't that what we're supposed to do? I could have sat there and cranked out some mindless work to keep myself busy but I am too old to just make stuff. I only have so many more more pots left in these hands so i want them to be what i want to leave in this world. Ok I might be leaving them in my back shed if no one wants them but the turtle makes no progress if he doesn't stick out his neck.
When a man goes fishing he doesn't really go for the fish. He goes for the wildness, the experience, the time away from reality. Pottery is fishing to me. I live in my mind far away from the Corona Virus, Crazy Donny, world news. I am into the mind of Crazy Tony and making Art with no idea of who, what, why, how or when I'm going to sell it. I am a Marketing Managers nightmare and I'm Ok with that. I've made my way with clay all over my clothes and hands for over 40 years now.
Hey take a look at these t-pots. I love edges and I got em goin' on. Holes, pinches, jagged edges, round bellies, and most of all- ATTITUDE! OK I'm daring ya- show some attitude in your work.
I am missing teaching. If there are two things I try to convey is be authentic and give attitude. The world needs that so desperately. Peace out and lots of love. T
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And I miss my choir a lot .
Keep save !!
I also miss my pottery classes, working with clay is like meditation to me, and I also miss all the other amazing people I meet there, who are also on their pottery journeys.
Looking forward to the day when we can all meet up again.
Arundhati Roy reads from her new essay “The Pandemic is a Portal,” from her forthcoming book Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hgQFaeaeo0
BC
Vive la révolution!
Melania Trump sculpture in Slovenia set on fire on US Independence Day.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53343671
https://nypost.com/2020/07/08/statue-of-melania-trump-torched-in-her-native-slovenia/
A famous Voodoo priest from New Orleans was arrested this morning by the FBI after paying an impressive $25,000 for a few strands of President Trump’s hair in order to inflict physical harm on him and control him through a voodoo doll.
https://worldnewsdailyreport.com/voodoo-priest-arrested-by-the-fbi-after-buying-a-lock-of-donald-trumps-hair-on-craigslist/
Make yourself a trump voodoo doll, or if you don't have the time buy yourself one.
https://www.etsy.com/market/trump_voodoo_doll
https://www.etsy.com/market/donald_trump_voodoo_doll
Where to start with your Donald Trump Voodoo Doll?
Stick a pin in….. Donald Trump!
*His little bitty hands–for his obnoxious Tweeting!
*His heart–to gain some empathy for women, minorities and immigrants.
*His mouth–to shut him up!
*His head–to stop the insanity!
http://donaldtrumpvoodoodolls.com/
The Internet has turned selling creative work on its head.
No longer can you simply get good at your craft and then find someone to champion you, manage you, or sponsor you.
For today’s artist, building a tribe is non-negotiable, get fans, clients, and customers interacting with you.
https://smartblogger.com/promote-your-art/
this academic prejudice against skill was a thing of the past. Unfortunately, it is stronger now than it has ever been. Conceptualism replaced abstraction as the dogma of the day, and has been in turn replaced by Postmodern hybridity, identity politics, or pure theory on the majority of college campuses.
De-skilling is the term I’ve commonly heard used to describe this odd institutional practice in the arts.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/is-deskilling-killing-you_b_5631214
BN
Pcoughlin
As the Wicked Witch of the West said, "Oh what a world, what a world!"
Calling on all good Christians to pray for Donald Trump and all his pandering Republican lackeys to loose in the next election.
Pray him out, pray him out!
BB. L.
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the labor leaders, but I did not speak out because I was not a unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
As one day became another and others disappeared, gypsies, mentally retarded, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, criminals, anti-socials and emigrants, I remained silent because I was not one of them.
Then it was they came for me, but no one spoke for me because by then there was no one left to speak.
Martin Niemoller,1945.
Niemoller did not speak out
because he was not threatened
his beliefs, ideologies, sex was
of no concern to others
at first
I speak out not because I am threatened
but because
So many are
And In doing so
I have pulled back these curtains
lifted the blinds a peek
to let you see in these windows
to give you a glimpse of mine
of these demons we try to keep hidden
in the dark of our souls
It is a statement of recursive
hindsight this
I find myself often standing as Voltaire
standing up for what is right
What is honorable, what is true
Even though often what is right
And what is true
is not what you do and
“it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong”
And among you I stand alone
for you prefer to keep your shades
drawn tight, as if permanence
can be exuded through your denial
your demons you pretend are
a phantom temptation you
hope to will away through penance
prayer you can will away
by closing your eyes,
by closing your heart
but you can never close your soul
I ask of you:
are we good souls tempted by evil?
Or are we evil souls struggling to be good?
And I am often afraid
Not of the demons we try to hide
nor those we allow to escape
but because of the fear that drives
Your thoughts
The fear that drives your will
The fear that denies the truth
I am afraid of what you fear
and often what you fear is me
I have loved you and
in loving you I allow you to possess
these truths which have come to
define me which have come to drive me
which have come to frighten you
Your demons possess you
and you say it is not you but something else
and you believe that you can hide from them
that they are not a part of you
that they are not a part of you - you embrace
a part of you - you indulge in
you fancy and dally with
on the outskirts of your temptation
so you close your eyes in denial
seeking comforting in the dark
a darkness that frightens you
because there - there are no demons
only you alone with your own personal thoughts
And you say that those something elses
Those plays of darkness
Those images incarnate inherent
are not a part of you
I have entrusted in your care now
My secrets
You have become the caretaker of the truth
My soul
And now I fear you
not because there is no one to speak up for me
I have you
not because there is no one to stand up with me
for I have you
I fear you
Because you are afraid of the dark
Because you are afraid of what they will say
I fear you
Not because you will not speak up for me
but rather
What you will say to make them come for me
Khristian E. Kay
Vote him out, Vote him out!
Vote them out, Vote them out!
Clay captures everything: mood, intentions, hopes, fears, dreams.
The clay captures my vision.
Everything that happens to the clay has an impact on the final outcome and so it records the moment in time when it’s being shaped, created. As I look at my work, I remember why I made it, how I was feeling at the time. While you may not be able to see the entire snapshot when you hold a piece, you do get a sense of the vision, of that moment, like a still-life painting.
When you hold a piece of my pottery, you are holding a moment in my life.
Anon...
Randy B.
Increase optimistic outlook – Pottery enables for improvements in flow and spontaneity, provides an outlet for grief, and helps you with self-identification and self-expression, bolstering confidence and self-esteem.
https://www.healthfitnessrevolution.com/top-10-health-benefits-pottery/
ceramic Boobie Mugs are an excellent substitution to your kitchen for sipping a hot drink of coffee, hot tea, or hot chocolate in the morning or winter evenings.
Nothing will cheer you up like getting your hands on a boobie mug that you've made yourself.
VP
Keep on going!! xx
Our answer to the Ice Bucket Challenge? Get a friend to twist your titties and raise awareness for breast cancer.
and may we do all that we can to heal
the sick, in spite of the epidemic.
Amazing t-pots!
Poor Karen...
by Whitney Chadwick (Editor), Isabelle De Courtivron (Editor)
Something for your self-isolation reading list.
Lett, Cynthia W., author
For all those Karen's in our lives....
Schwartzkopf, Deb
Are you up to the challenge?
Canadian women have beautiful faces, that is true. As for bodies, a healthy lifestyle is very popular there, so you are very likely to see lots of fit mail order brides.
https://www.foreignladies.com/personals
free profile & let foreign women write you!
Beauties from Russia, Asia, and Latin America are here
And violets are blue,
I thought Donald Trump was ugly,
But then I saw you.
#WorldPoetryDay
Have a nice day Karen.