Monday, Yey!

11/09/2009 in Uncategorized | 3 comments

TGIM!  It was a bit of a stressful weekend for me.  I’m glad it’s Monday and I’m here alone to work.

The voices in my head have been acting up again, mostly yesterday, telling me things aren’t good enough, not original enough, that I need more of this or that, whatever.  Aggg.  Finally I took time to stop and find some quiet.  Journalling this morning helped too.  I know that I am where I am right now.  What I have to do is show up and work.  I will move forward in time.  Taking time to be good to myself and to accept where I am will give me space to allow growth.

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So I will get all the blank plates decorated today.  I have a bisque coming out too so it’s on to glazing after lunch.  Slowly, slowly.

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  1. Michael’s avatar

    Michael on 11/09/2009 at 11:01 am

    Hey Ron!

    I think those voices are good for your work! It just means you care about the integrity of your work and the places you will go with it.

    With that said, I do the same thing. I’m sure we all do. It’s the process of critical thinking. My problem is that I take it personally and bum myself out about it. This is the point that you are talking to, I suppose. Showing up for work is critical, but not always so obvious. [after all, here i sit reading your blog instead of kicking out the jams in the studio!]

    Sounds like you are on top of it, though. I’m not going to worry about ya.
    Thanks for the continued inspiration and I look forward to getting down to see you sometime.

  2. Tracey’s avatar

    Tracey on 11/09/2009 at 2:50 pm

    Funny you mentioned originality. I was thinking from your last post of the bowls, that they were very much “Ron” bowls and that you were finding your own path with them. Someone recently said to me, copy copy copy until you find your own voice. I trim a foot on my bowls now that is very much my own but I learned how to do it by plopping down a Doug Dotson cup in front of me and copying it over and over. Now the feet on my bowls look nothing like his but they are so much better. As a good friend of mine from England says, “It’s all lessons mate!” At least people are complaining that you talk too much (haha!-see my latest post…) We all have those dang voices in our head I guess. you should hear what mine are saying right about now. Quite the potty mouth!

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    Tracey on 11/09/2009 at 9:46 pm

    aren’t complaining, sorry, should spell check before I send these things!!