Karen Sullivan on tue 28 nov 00
Time and Garbage
In Roman times there was a philosopher named Seneca whose
concept was that the most intimate asset one had in this
lifetime was one's time. It is a model of life based on a
finite lifetime, i.e. time unto death.
So, in our contemporary time think of all the activities
that we engage in that consume our time...I could assemble
a long list, junk mail at the top...
To continue this idea, I think that my fascination with
objects, material things, requires of me custodial duties
to organize, acquire, MAKE for heavens sake, dispose of,
store .... I don't want to consider how much of my life
is spent with stuff....But at the same time I am obviously
charmed and fascinated by stuff.
So I am firing, and we know what that means, I will make lots
of postings and I will be
visiting my kiln every 1/2 hour to check temperature
climb and entertaining myself so I don't get worn out
and fall asleep.
I try not to distract myself too much... Last night I
slept with an alarm clock in hand, and boosted the kiln every
couple of hours...It sounds looney, but I have a sale Friday
and want to get into the kiln by then.
bamboo karen
Arnold Howard on sat 2 dec 00
It is refreshing to read Karen's letter. I keep hearing from people who turn
their kilns on when they leave the studio, and don't return until the next
morning.
Arnold Howard
Paragon
--- Karen Sullivan wrote:
> Time and Garbage
> In Roman times there was a philosopher named Seneca whose
> concept was that the most intimate asset one had in this
> lifetime was one's time. It is a model of life based on a
> finite lifetime, i.e. time unto death.
> So, in our contemporary time think of all the activities
> that we engage in that consume our time...I could assemble
> a long list, junk mail at the top...
>
> To continue this idea, I think that my fascination with
> objects, material things, requires of me custodial duties
> to organize, acquire, MAKE for heavens sake, dispose of,
> store .... I don't want to consider how much of my life
> is spent with stuff....But at the same time I am obviously
> charmed and fascinated by stuff.
>
> So I am firing, and we know what that means, I will make lots
> of postings and I will be
> visiting my kiln every 1/2 hour to check temperature
> climb and entertaining myself so I don't get worn out
> and fall asleep.
> I try not to distract myself too much... Last night I
> slept with an alarm clock in hand, and boosted the kiln every
> couple of hours...It sounds looney, but I have a sale Friday
> and want to get into the kiln by then.
> bamboo karen
>
>
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Jean Cochran on sat 2 dec 00
Dear Fellow Clay Arters,
We fire our kilns at whatever schedule our production demands.
If we have a tight deadline, we will put damp pots in the bisque firing
with little wads holding them off the shelves and spacing between each
other in the stacks. Then candle the bisque all night while we sleep
and take up the next morning. Alternately, candle for perhaps six
hours, then take up. More times than I would like to count, we sleep
with a clock and get up every hour on the hour and turn up the kiln.
As a matter of fact, that's what we're now doing, in the middle of the
falling of the first snow of the season.
Regards,
Jean Wadsworth Cochran
& husband, David McGregor
Fox Hollow Pottery (in a real hollow in the woods with our four dogs
yipping)
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