mel jacobson on wed 11 dec 96
sitting around a campfire with about 20 wonderful artists at my farm this
subject came up...we believe we solved it...
We are most influenced in our early twenties...the images we see and feel
happen at a time when our senses are at their best. The heros around us
fill us with knowledge and truth..it usually stays with us the rest of our
life. It is easy to remember those people..what they said, how they worked,
the studios...our visual self memorized it all and we keep it locked up forever.
mel jacobson/mn. And that influences us for ever.
Knox Steinbrecher on sun 25 jul 99
Thanks to Phyliss for asking and Jean for responding, I am discovering a
stuck point I couldn't otherwise recognize. I have no rhythm (bad thing for
a former dancer).
I tend to throw a little, trim a little, wax some and maybe glaze a bit all
in one day. I put myself under a whole lot of pressure to produce,
produce,produce and wonder why I have trouble making my feet travel to the
studio. It's too much like work.
Pottery has been a joy and making 20 mugs in a morning was happy stuff.
Somewhere I fell off whatever I was riding and made it all a drudge. I
forgot the creative part. I forgot to play in the mud. I can easily tell
others how much fun it is but couldn't do that for myself.
So what in Jean's post hit me ? Partly the rhythm and believe it or
not...the beautifully organized series of things....guess that's rhythm too,
huh?
Without Phyliss feeling free to ask what I would consider a delicate question
(slam risk factor 7) and Jean responding , I would not be back in touch with
the beautiful rhythm of cylanders at 2 and 3 pounds. So thanks gals. Gotta
go get dirty...
knox in Atlanta where the air is dirty and my clothes are clean. I can
change one,wish I could fix the other so easily
| |
|
