More Dirt ;)

I finally am back to pottery! I missed the last session, save for one class, due to the severe migraines and such. The migraines are under control, the other stuff, well, we are working on it....!

But, when doing something I love, none of that matters quite so much. Granted, I could only stay for about an hour, but distraction is soooooo good, as long as it is the right distraction, and one that is helpful.

While slightly bummed that one doctor advised against the wheel for now and I was FINALLY STARTING TO GET IT, there are techniques in hand buildling I still really need to refine. Plus, there are endless possiblities there, too.

So I was contemplating life, the universe and everything and started to 'play.' I got the
bowl I made last session ready to be bisque fired, and made another seaweed/seashell decor piece for my sweetheart's apartment. I made a 'brain' paperweight, and found myself thinking about what I want to do next in my career as I was having fun scratching convolutions into the gray surface of the clay.

That's the neat thing with clay and with more free-form hand building....just letting a lump of clay take the shape it, your conscious, or your subconscious depending on your state of mind, wants it to.

I can feel the alpha brain waves. ;)

It really is soothing. I get quiet, and in my 'clay zone.' I may not be as outstanding an artist as some of the students, but I enjoy what I do, and it's good for the soul. Ultimately, that is what counts. You don't have to be better than anyone else, you just have to try to be better than yourself, push your limits, not someone else's.

I look forward to next week's session, getting to sit and play with 'dirt.' No one ever gets too old to play!