Louis Katz on sat 7 aug 10
All statistics are flawed unless taken in their entirety.=3D20
All pots are cracked
All people are nuts
Driving down ocean drive I see awful houses that are trying to be great.
They are far better than the boredom I see being built elsewhere. Recentl=
=3D
y
one of our state leaders said that we are going to try and bring educatio=
=3D
n
in Texas up to the middle of the pack.
Mediocrity is the failed attempt at excellence. You can never attain it b=
=3D
y
striving for it.
But even given that, Mediocrity is at least a goal and should be respect=
=3D
ed
as such. Paint by numbers and the like are most often better than no
painting, and I would rather have a house full of pots made by beginning
classes that were striving for excellence that the best of the drek you g=
=3D
et
at Wally World, Sears, or Target.
100% of Americans are harmed by mindless, valueless trash sold by nonhuma=
=3D
n
entities.
Absolutes aren't.
David Beumee on sat 7 aug 10
Thank you
Louis wrote,
"100% of Americans are harmed by mindless, valueless trash sold by nonhuma=
n
entities."
From the viewpoint of an artist and potter who has tried to make a living
from the making of fine porcelain pottery for three decades, the major harm
that I see in all the mindless production drek that is sold and consumed is
that my potential audience has no idea what they're looking at when they se=
e
beautifully made porcelain pottery. Because they have no understanding of
what they're looking at, the work has no value for them, and I'm SOL.
It has to do with establishing a tradition of fine craft, so that an
audience becomes informed over time and is educated and therefore
appreciative, something that is only beginning to happen in certain areas o=
f
this country. I'm a product of university training, and I had no instructio=
n
whatsoever as to how to make it as a potter. I thought if I moved within an
hour of a major city and opened my doors a four times a year, I could make
it, but I was wrong. That model doesn't work any more. The prices of
everything keep going up, and people balk at a $20 mug.
David Beumee
Porcelain by David Beumee
Lafayette, CO
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Louis Katz wrote:
> All statistics are flawed unless taken in their entirety.
> All pots are cracked
> All people are nuts
>
> Driving down ocean drive I see awful houses that are trying to be great.
> They are far better than the boredom I see being built elsewhere. Recentl=
y
> one of our state leaders said that we are going to try and bring educatio=
n
> in Texas up to the middle of the pack.
> Mediocrity is the failed attempt at excellence. You can never attain it b=
y
> striving for it.
> But even given that, Mediocrity is at least a goal and should be respect=
ed
> as such. Paint by numbers and the like are most often better than no
> painting, and I would rather have a house full of pots made by beginning
> classes that were striving for excellence that the best of the drek you g=
et
> at Wally World, Sears, or Target.
>
> 100% of Americans are harmed by mindless, valueless trash sold by nonhuma=
n
> entities.
> Absolutes aren't.
>
Lee Love on sat 7 aug 10
On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 11:22 AM, David Beumee wrote=
=3D
:
> Louis wrote,
> =3DA0"100% of Americans are harmed by mindless, valueless trash sold by n=
on=3D
human
> entities."
> hour of a major city and opened my doors a four times a year, I could mak=
=3D
e
> it, but I was wrong. =3DA0That model doesn't work any more. The prices of
> everything keep going up, and people balk at a $20 mug.
Location is everything. Please move to the Twin Cities.
http://marenkloppmann.com/portfolio/index.php?strWebAction=3D3Dportfolio_de=
ta=3D
il&intGalleryID=3D3D3&intDetailItemID=3D3D113
Maren's cups go for twice $20.00
--
=3DA0Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
=3D93Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel
the artistry moving through and be silent.=3D94 --Rumi
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