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Changing This Blog Up a Bit.
Last year, I posted once a week. It was an experiment to see if I could keep the posts going. While I succeeded, it's become increasingly hard to think of things I want to write about. I have also found many of the topics focused on dealing with the struggle to stay motivated and push through difficult times. Now I am finding it difficult to write these posts. So I am going to post when I have something I want to say, and not make it about frequency. Better to have quality over quantity. Also, this winter has been busy in ways I...
What's that called?
Recently I've been having self-doubt about some of my skills because I don't always know what things and processes are called. When I catch myself worrying about it and questioning myself, I remember my early days of web development. I did not go to school for programming, I had an interest and started to play around with html and stylesheets. But I didn't always know what a process or piece of code was called. When I went on interviews, I would be asked technical questions I couldn't answer, but if you gave me a task or problem to fix, I...
I can...and I will
The other day I was thinking about the first pottery class I took, which to be honest, wasn't so much a class as it was a bunch of people hanging out after work. I didn't stay at that studio for long. Anyways, as part of the class, you could signup for studio time to practice. I remember the studio monitor approaching me to ask what I was working on. "I'm making a teapot." He scowled and told me I couldn't make a teapot because I was a beginner and they are an advanced project. I don't remember how I responded,...
Kiln is Here!
Last week, my new kiln was delivered. It arrived much earlier than I expected and while I'm thrilled to have it here, I am not quite ready to set it up in the new space. For reasons such as location and access, I decided to have the kiln delivered to my house, despite its final location being 9 miles down the road. I am lucky enough to have a friend with a tractor and was able to easily move it from the road into my garage, where it will stay until I have time to carefully and safely move it...
Highly Unmotivated
I have to admit, I've been enjoying the break I took and am having a hard time getting back into the swing of things. I've been taking some time to reflect and decide what I want to focus on for the new year. I have made a few things in the new studio, but have yet to develop a routine. I am waiting on the new kiln to arrive and need to schedule a clay pickup. All my to-dos seem to get pushed to tomorrow. A body in motion, stays in motion, but once the ball stops rolling, it's difficult...