William & Susan Schran User on sun 22 jul 12
I have NPR talk shows on while I'm in the studio.
Listening to a variety of subjects while I throw,trim, assemble, glaze or
just loading a kiln.
It's almost like I feel the need to be distracted to be able to concentrate
on what I'm doing.
I think of it like when you are doing something and all of a sudden a
creative idea comes to you.
The idea has nothing to do with the task at hand, but you might not have
thought of it were you
really focused on the subject.
The forms I worked on for more than a year that led to a solo show and
writing the article for Clay Times
came to me in this manner, I was listening to a conversation about the
economy, then I found myself
sitting at the wheel, just staring into space with all these forms being
constructed in my head.
Bill--
William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
Rebecca Dunn on mon 23 jul 12
I also listen to NPR talk shows as I work in the studio. I built a new s=
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decided to get satellite radio to keep me company. It certainly does not=
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me from concentrating on my work. Love it.
Rebecca Dunn
Buck, Snort, 'n' Run Clayworks
Steve Mills on mon 23 jul 12
When I had my workshop in central Bath, it was in the semi-basement of the =
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ulti-craft workshop/shop I was renting. This was also home to the first pha=
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Upstairs Pop music reigned supreme, but my Kate is a Talk Radio aficionado =
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o never the twain could meet! =3D20
In '84 we closed that and moved as the City Council got over-greedy with th=
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rent increase, and set up in the 'burbs.=3D20
Here a compromise had to be reached re Radio, and it wound up as "Radio Sil=
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nce" which I'm now addicted to.=3D20
I work now to a highly variable background of anything from cars, dogs, an=
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motorbikes to Crows, Wrens, and other small natural sounds.=3D20
As I work by myself this means I'm never alone, even if the only thing I ca=
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hear is the rain hammering on the roof!
Steve M
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
www.mudslinger.me.uk
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On 22 Jul 2012, at 18:30, William & Susan Schran User wro=
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e:
> I have NPR talk shows on while I'm in the studio.
> Listening to a variety of subjects while I throw,trim, assemble, glaze or
> just loading a kiln.
> It's almost like I feel the need to be distracted to be able to concentra=
t=3D
e
> on what I'm doing.
> I think of it like when you are doing something and all of a sudden a
> creative idea comes to you.
> The idea has nothing to do with the task at hand, but you might not have
> thought of it were you
> really focused on the subject.
>=3D20
> The forms I worked on for more than a year that led to a solo show and
> writing the article for Clay Times
> came to me in this manner, I was listening to a conversation about the
> economy, then I found myself
> sitting at the wheel, just staring into space with all these forms being
> constructed in my head.
>=3D20
> Bill--
> William "Bill" Schran
> wschran@cox.net
> wschran@nvcc.edu
> http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
Randall Moody on mon 23 jul 12
My wife and I share a Pandora One account but if the internet at school
isn't working properly I have my huge (160G) I pod with music, podcasts and
lectures from iTunesU set to shuffle. There are some good lectures on
Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art from Oxford as well as MFA lectures on
Art Criticism and Writing from School of the Visual Arts. I like to shuffle
them in with music. I will listen to pretty much anything except for "rap"
or "dub step" which I, personally, don't really consider music.
--
Randall in Atlanta
http://wrandallmoody.com
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