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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Life on the planet Jargon (part 1)
Beep-beep-brrrrp-vrwwt-szgyxx-vroom……. (My sincere apologies if you are reading this in some language besides the Jargon it was written in. I guess translation programs do as well as they can, but I desperately hope that all the nuance of the points … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Arts advocacy, Arts education, Beauty, Creativity, Teaching
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“Carter Gillies: The World’s Greatest Living Artist!”
(JUST KIDDING! Of course I’m only joking! This is just a post about artists hyping themselves or having a ‘pimp’ of some sort do it for them. Its also about why if you are an artist who is an introvert … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Arts advocacy, Arts education, Beauty, Ceramics, Clay, Creativity, Pottery, Teaching
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The loneliness of the long distance potter (part 2)
There is something profound in the perception that artists are “mystical unicorn-like beings”. Artists and what artists do are viewed as being enigmatic and often outside the community’s standards of normalcy, but how on earth can that be possible? Didn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Arts advocacy, Arts education, Beauty, Ceramics, Clay, Creativity, Pottery, Teaching
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The loneliness of the long distance potter (part 1)
This is not a post about sadness. Far from it. This post is for ALL you sensitive folk out there. You know, artistic and/or introverted types, introspectives and observers. This is for the folk who care deeply about what they … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beauty, Creativity, Teaching
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Assessing the effectiveness of the “Art Message”
So, somehow this quiet little potter got sucked into the world of Arts activism bloggery. How this happened remains a bit of a mystery. But you might be surprised at how much of my days are spent not just making … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Arts advocacy, Arts education, Creativity
Tagged Art, Arts advocacy, Arts education, creativity
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“Fast and Hard”: Confessions of a Pottery Gigolo
Think lean mean pottery makin’ machine. Here’s Richard Gere from that dumb 1980 movie American Gigolo: Well, maybe not so much….. So after I went off about the value of the slow handed pottery approach I was surprised that no … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Beauty, Creativity, Teaching
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Studiously interluded
“Studiously interluded”, meaning “to have a serious break”, or “to take a studio visit”. Or something like that…. (I don’t know. I just made it up. Another g00gle searchable internet first from yours truly!) “Studio interlude” just sounds so done … Continue reading
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CARTER GILLIES POTTERY 