Sharon Villines on sat 2 mar 02
> talking to gail gave me a great deal of insight into a wonderful
> dedicated potter, with passion for her work. and she does
> make it work. she does not talk about soul or heart. she talks
> about work and study. years of it. that is what i admire. work and
> then results.
This is true of all fields. Those who are successful are also hard workers.
They work longer and harder. But what keeps them working longer and harder
is soul and heart. They care enough to put in the time. Musicians care
enough to practice all those hours. A social reformer cares enough to drive
all night to get to a community meeting of 10 people.
Finding the thing you care about enough to put in the time, to dedicate your
life to, is the first step. But it also takes work to find this. "Work as if
your life depended on it, and one day you will realize that it does."
> `the best potter in america is probably working alone in a basement
> someplace, firing an electric kiln to cone 6. we just have not
> found her yet.?`
This is actually very unlikely. For an artist to be successful, they need
feedback. They need someone to bounce ideas off. They need support and
encouragement. They may not be on the front pages of American Craft or even
the Sunday Arts supplement, but they will have around them a small group of
dear friends, some artists and some not, but all caring and critical (in the
best sense of the word). They will have somewhere the equivalent of the
writer's editor, be it spouse or neighbor or dealer.
Independently wealthy people very rarely become artists of any note.
Sharon.
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Sharon Villines, Arts Coach
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