Thursday, February 27, 2014

Dreams

As I get older, I'm starting to increasingly wonder if the collective memories of my dreams at night are just as real as the memories of my daily life? I spend so much of my time immersed in my own daydreams during the day, and I know full well how they affect my life.


They shape everything I do...


I'm a believer in the power of thought forms... Dream it, think it, explore the idea and make it real.


Jess planted this particular seed in my head a year and a half ago. I'm not sure what was running through her mind, but the idea I took away was about expressive simplicity and it seeped into my "middle of the night thoughts." Laying in bed, making simple forms using a heavily grogged body, cut apart, altered, and reassembled. Fired with minimal glaze.


I'm not exactly a less is more person, so for this round its about building layers. I can dial it back as my process falls into place, but I really need to back off on the busyness... Explore the idea of building a harmonious complexity...


and still keep it simple...
its about the flowers, not overwhelming them.

 Dreams...

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Deja Vu


I'm pulled by a memory that never was...


I'm very old and dying in the arms of lovely, time graced woman. Her familiar eyes are sparkling as they find mine.
My lips part to ask...


"Does Love last forever?"


"Yes Love, we do."


Deja Vu

Thursday, February 13, 2014

The Itch

Still trying to figure out how to shoot some of last years work. Some of the best pieces were too curvy and glossy to be photogenic in a way I would like, but in person... I'm very, very happy with where most of the work is headed technically.


Finding just a few glazes that work for me gives me breathing room. Now I can shift gears away from yesterday and sink time into form and develop the narratives I'm really itching to see.

GRRRRRRRRR!

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

LoveSick


Yeah Jenny, I don't know where you find this stuff, but it fits...

Monday, February 10, 2014

Miles Beyond Now

Ok...Grab the popcorn...
We celebrate in this manner because we are very much like the jazz players...
we each riff the tunes that we carry with us...
these are the conversations that people look towards us to have...
we can enjoy our book of standards...
we blaze new trails...
We can do both.

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Authentically Grayson Perry


I got hooked on Grayson Perry just recently thanks to Ben Carter's Red Clay Rambler podcast. Ben mentioned Grayson's Reith Lectures series and after spending a few days of listening to them I found myself rethinking our roles both as artists and communicators of ideas.




We choose our roles that live. 
We can let others tell us what they are OR we can define these roles ourselves.




If you do just one thing to push yourself forward this week, download the Grayson's Reith Lectures and give them a listen while you are working in the studio. Go ahead and put it on repeat. Let it soak in. You don't have to agree with it all, but it can make a difference.

Well done Grayson