Surround yourself with love

Perhaps I was unfair in my last blog post. Not everyone takes up pottery to be at the top of their game. Not everyone skiis or cycles wanting to be a competitor. Some just want a fun hobby and that's fair enough. I apologize! However I am a firm believer you should surround yourself with the best pots you can afford. You should educate your company on form, esthetic sensibilities and fill your home with narratives from the road and your journey. How unclassy to put a cardboard cream container on the table of an invited guest. You were brought up better than that. In a dream I could have company over for lunch once this COVID stain is over. How about a quiet conversation with the likes of young Emma Smith. I could go on at lengths about what a power house this young potter is. Or on another day I might bring out Diana Kersey from San Antonio, Texas. I went there to do a workshop at the invite of Gay Judson from Clayart and on route met a long time friend Bev Norton Walker in Oklahoma City, Okie. Bev was the first woman I ever met that was packing. She still scares the shit outta me. Then if I want to see what my company is made of I bring out a Jen Drysdale or a Bruce Dehnert. These are pots that don't look like pottery. If company says nothing never invite them back- they are boring. Every pot in my house has a narrative of love. I know everyone that made the hundreds of pots in my home. I don't have any pots from anyone that doesn't like me. I am a believer in kharma. Even if you don't want to be a competitor I think you should surround yourself with the best pots and the best books. They don't talk back and they are sure to inform you.