During a break in a recent workshop with Ryan McKearley I started painting on one of the Rustic Buildingplates. One of the workshop participants started watching what I was doing and admired the work. Then she asked “are you an artist or a potter?” What kind of question is that? I threw the plate, so
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think of this place as a state park; you want to leave it a little bit better than you found it.
I’d like to hope that once in a while someone will look at one of my pots and remember that it was once a lump of dirt. The piece of art before them was created by someone’s hands, imagination, technical ability, and passion.
The life of an artist can be fun, exciting, interesting and highly fulfilling. But, just like everyone else’s job, it also comes with its share of frustrations.
I enjoy continually setting new and higher goals for myself. I think it’s a good practice to think about what success looks like to us…
