Elca Branman on fri 12 jul 02
What motivates a toddler to get off the floor and try two legs?
Same thing that motivates me..an internal drive that starts with "I
wonder what ...and blam, off and running..
I think I've already quoted Jack Lenor Larson who said.."What I like best
is what I don't yet know how to do."
Its called creation and is the great high.
When i was doing production, I would sometimes have to substitute a
personal contest,like..make this next mug better than the one before. and
then enjoy the mindless pleasure of my own own skill.
And sometimes its just the delicious dirty muddiness of it all..
Am I a sicko?
.
Elca Branman,in Sarasota Florida
elcab1@juno.com
Joyce Lee on fri 12 jul 02
This is a long, self-indulgent post. Delete, please, if you dislike =
Baggarts and Whiners ... and those who say I,I,I,I...
so do I usually, except when the B&W is I.
Reading claybuds' comments in=20
response to the above made be feel very
"pure" for a moment .... motivation is not
a problem to be solved .. one just does it... I am Purely Perfect in =
many ways,
but the subject here is clay related ..... so
I felt very "pure" because I am a .....
pure clay addict, pure potter, pure glaze and color development =
student, pure lover of so much of the stuff of clay .... including other =
clay addicts ... and on and on..... no end to the reasons for my =
personal purity.
Have I not taught "Time Management," as=20
well as "The Joy of Finding the Genuine
You After Retirement -
- Even If You Didn't Know You Were Lost - If You're Here, You Probably =
Are."
Does that not qualify one for
Ceritifiable Purity in Essence and Tone?
Then...... and there's always a "then" ....
which I tend to see Most Clearly about Other Folk but am a mite slow in =
seeing in myself ..... then I recalled that for the last couple of =
weeks, including this very morning, my feet have been draggy while
heading out to the studio during the early cool hours. Tired? No, =
morning's My Time. Lack of inspiration? God, no .....=20
I?=20
Inspiration surrounds me wherever I turn.
Recognition that I'm entering a new step on my personal learning curve, =
which is unfailingly difficult for me each&every time ? No. I AM =
moving into such a phase but I'm not fearful about it. I know that I'll =
be frustrated for a bit, but I also know that with Clayart, videos, =
clayfriends,
publications ... a wealth of learning tools at arm's length from this =
computer ... if I just have the tenacity to stay with it (and I do), =
time and workworkwork will win out.
So...... if I'm so bleedin' pure that I have no need to think about the =
subject of this thread, what IS my problem? Sat here. Re-read your =
great posts. Let my mind stop breathing. Let my body take over. ...... =
there's the answer. Drat. Should have known it was something Simple =
and
Common. How that's possible for such an UnCommon, Pure Know It All as =
I, I do not understand, but it's true. Most of my
problems..... just as with you O.M.'s .. are
Simple&Common ones.
I have a "chore" I do not want to undertake. Clay-related. Not =
cleaning. But I have several pots I promised to glaze and fire =
embarrassingly long ago..... other folks' pots. I have no interest in =
them. They are Evil. They absorb all my energy as I plod down the walk =
and through the door. They are not a challenge. They are not mine. I =
want them OUT Of My Studio.... an obvious
departure from my normally Unselfish to the point of Nobility =
demeanor.... which is the Root of The Problem, of course ... accepting =
such a ghastly task is part of a dark corner of my soul which needs to =
be routed..... the wish to be Gracious,
Generous and Loving
to my friends ..... or at least to Appear to be so .... If I'd settle =
for Appearance alone ..... or learn how to pull it off..... then.... =
THEN I'd not be saddled with this nasty, ugly chore......
You don't need to respond. As often occurs, identifying the problem =
provided the answer. I'l make an appointment with myself ... time for =
only doing those dratted pots .... nothing else can intrude during the =
allotted hours. I'm looking at next Tuesday, the 16th, at 6:26 a.m. Is =
that not clever? Well, of course....
Thank you for your help. Even Lowly Listeners CAN be a help. BE PROUD.
Perhaps it was my Mantle of Purity that obscured my Personal And Clear =
Vision for the nonce.
Joyce
In the Mojave
e wilson farrington on fri 12 jul 02
This has become a long and involved thread; but an interesting one, so =
here goes: What motivates me to work is having a picture in my mind that =
won't go away until I see, feel it, and experience it in all dimensions. =
The desire to achieve the form won't go away until I can run my hands =
over it, and pronounce it "good enough." I suppose if someone else =
created what was in my head and I could see and touch it, the need would =
be satisfied. I have been satisfied in the past by fondling the work of =
others....
Yet, vicarious thrills are best reserved for when one is unable to =
participate fully in the experience onesself...
Tony Ferguson on fri 12 jul 02
the motivation is
the discovery of the unknown
the finding of what is only known at the moment of discovery
it is like searching for something you can not describe
but when you find it you know it is what you are looking for
like love and the choice to accept and move forward
and then again your expectations are redefined
and the search continues
on
and on
the association in the phenomenal world
is connected to the ethereal, the mystical, the connections behind the
scenes
of what we perceive to be reality through our subjective perceived selves
to that which is not dissolving and coming and going into being.
our motivation is to know.
this motivation to create is on the grandest scale
that connection to the creator, the energy force,
whatever you want to call that which can not be defined
by the human mind, yet expresses itself through us
as we "knowingly" think we are expressing ourselves.
it is in the profundity of our actions that we mimic the creator
in our desire to be creators,
to have children's hands in the creation and
manipulation of matter in this material guise,
reflections of the eternally hidden
from the physical eye.
Motivation is good to think about why you are in clay.
Tony
Thank you.
Tony Ferguson
Stoneware, Porcelain, Raku
www.aquariusartgallery.com
218-727-6339
315 N. Lake Ave
Apt 312
Duluth, MN 55806
L. P. Skeen on fri 12 jul 02
Umhmmmm.....well. If it's an order or work for a show, I tend to work
better with a deadline. Then there's that bottom line; as someone else
said, gotta pay those bills! :)
Then there's seeing or thinking of an idea and wanting to try it. Then
there's seeing something at a workshop and DARING to try it..........oy vey.
L
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