Lee Love on mon 6 jun 05
Ron Roy wrote:
>There is a trap when you learn to make pots by copying others - it is
>difficult to turn back to failure after you are accepted.
>
The real trap is being satisfied in "copying one's own self." After we
have worked at this for a while, and especially if we have some success,
we tend to copy what is acknowledge by others as being "successful." We
stop exploring and only continue, copying ourselves for the praise that
success brings us. It becomes our "Style." This "style" is what Hamada
alluded to, as being the non-essential veneer of the work.
Ever see oldtimers who are still making those 60's pots? Of course, that
okay. But is it art?
My favorite artist are not anchored by their success, are not hindered
by copying themselves. Like Kawaii seeing the Kyoto city workers digging
up a sewer pipe and thinking the ceramic elbow is a magnificent shape
for sculpture, or being excited by the two connectors between train cars!
Being open to outside influences keeps us from turning our work into
cliches of our past. If we aren't growing, we are dying...
Speaking of which.....
Anybody see Million Dollar Baby? Karate Kids for Grownups? I highly
recommend it. Also looking forward to Cinderella Man, but I don't know
how Braddock can lick Maggie!
Mo Chuisle! (Gaelic: My Darling, my pulse! pronounced: muh kwish-la)
A Chroi! (uh KHREE) lit., O! heart!
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李 Lee Love 大
愛 鱗
in Mashiko, Japan http://mashiko.org
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http://ikiru.blogspot.com/ Zen and Craft
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