Ned Ludd on tue 18 mar 03
Quoting Don Reitz at NCECA, Barbara Brown wrote:
>... and tell those you care
>about you love them before it's too late.
Barbara and Don, thanks. I count this among the most inspiring advice
I've ever found on clayart or anywhere else. I mean it.
bless you one and all!
Ned
... who loves the koan where the roshi holds up a simple teabowl and
asks his guest:
"What is the most important part of this pot?"
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Where there is joy there is creation.
Where there is no joy there is no creation:
Know the nature of joy.
- Upanishads
Hank Murrow on tue 18 mar 03
On Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 08:56 AM, Ned Ludd wrote:
> Quoting Don Reitz at NCECA, Barbara Brown wrote:
>
>> ... and tell those you care
>> about you love them before it's too late.
>> And Hank from Eugene found this on the wall of the Mingei Museum
>> under a lovely photo of the squatting Kawai Kanjiro;
"What is Beauty but finding Joy in all of Life?"
There I was, crying on the lovely maple floor in front of this quote,
with dozens of potters walking past to see the pots. It was my epiphany
for sure. Happened twice. The quote from Hamada Shoji was just as
wonderful, but too long to remember exactly. Tears there also.
Hank in Eugene
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