Cobalt1994@aol.com on mon 24 jun 96
Hi All,
This is an interesting thread for anyone who has been doing clay for a long
time. I just saw a segment on ESPN about an extremely successful Olympic
rower who burned out on her training and decided to stop rowing to join the
World Cup women's sailing team, to get back to an intense learning curve.
She's back to rowing now and we can watch her on the 8 person rowing team.
She said it's not so hard to make it 90 percent of the way to the top of
your potential in any one area, but to make it that last 10 percent is a
real grind. I think anyone can feel nostalgic about the early years of a
career when the changes and improvements came fast and furious. And there is
so much creativity involved with the beginning of a career. Later on you can
become imprisoned by success, locked into a style that the public wants you
to keep making, but missing the time when your creative energies could spread
in many directions without any impediments. My friends and I have fantasized
about a craftspeople's retirement home where we would all teach each other
how to work in different media- blacksmithing has always looked
intriguing-making stuff that doesn't break! And quilting is wonderful- all
those colors(says the stoneware potter) ......so let's hear it for Tom- I've
heard that a reappraisal of one's life path is pretty normal in middle age.
Who knows...
Jennifer in the wet green mountains of Vermont.
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email: Cobalt1994@aol.com
Jennifer Boyer
Thistle Hill Pottery
Montpelier, Vt.
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ELCAB@delphi.com on mon 24 jun 96
Sign me up for the Craftsman Retirement Home..what agreat
fantasy..
Ive been thinking about the change that old age, not mid life
entails..in about 2 years Ill be moving from here to Fla for
many reasons, like my husband is tired of splitting wood, and
we are
no longer happy little snow bunnies...I was going to suggest a
discussion group for NSECA on retirement, or how to be cheerful
and not fire salt...anyhow, It certainly is a thread worth
following...and it isn't just about finances..altrhough that
certainly is a consideration..Are there any retired full time
potters (non university affiliated) out there in Clayart land
? What is it like ? Elca Branman elcab@delphi.com
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