Don & Isao Morrill on thu 20 jan 00
dear all,
After teaching for over 40 years I have found those having
greatest difficulty in 'centering' and other potting techniques, have been
salespersons and others fearful of descending into toolhandlers like their
parents. Next on my list are teachers of "Art". They seem to have little
difficulty painting,weaving,etc., but have great difficulty with "messy clay."
Potting is a combination of really simple skills and has
little status in many parts of the world. In New England and the Canadian
Maritimes,farmer/fishermen made pots when most of the more important work
had been accomplished. Until the use of the wheel became an important
production tool for replication, most pots were slapped together by women
as one of their many pursuits around the compound. Potting only became
"special" when there was no longer any need for it in the "real world."
Now,potting becomes an avocation for most.....that great lump of
breast-like/penis-like,mummy-daddy-like,clay,sets there....the ultimate
intimidation....for some and only clay for others.IMHO.
Don M.
Don & Isao Sanami Morrill
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