Comments on: Monday, Yey! http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/2009/11/09/monday-yey/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:03:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tracey http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/2009/11/09/monday-yey/comment-page-1/#comment-3981 Tracey Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:46:52 +0000 http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/?p=3557#comment-3981 aren't complaining, sorry, should spell check before I send these things!! aren’t complaining, sorry, should spell check before I send these things!!

]]> By: Tracey http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/2009/11/09/monday-yey/comment-page-1/#comment-3980 Tracey Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:50:19 +0000 http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/?p=3557#comment-3980 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! 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!

]]> By: Michael http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/2009/11/09/monday-yey/comment-page-1/#comment-3976 Michael Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:01:24 +0000 http://ronphilbeckpottery.com/?p=3557#comment-3976 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. <i>[after all, here i sit reading your blog instead of kicking out the jams in the studio!]</i> 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. 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.

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