“I make myself rich by making my wants few.” By H.D. Thoreau For me this can be summed up as a reminder of the great benefits of gratitude and appreciation. Always wanting more is a real drag! It distracts from what I have now. The stuff I have now was once stuff I really wanted, … Continue reading Friday’s Frequencies #18: Man, am I happy I don’t need that!
Secret Memory Box #5a – Letting Them Go
Back to my fluted faces, filled with joy and music. These are repositories of happiness and perhaps I have not let that go into the universe enough. I love these figures and have the devil of a time explaining why to others. Maybe I just did: they are full of happiness, but also sadness at … Continue reading Secret Memory Box #5a – Letting Them Go
Thursday’s Thoughts #18: Well, there’s no stopping now!
“How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.” By J.R.R. Tolkien Eckhart Tolle talks a great deal about this in his mindset altering book, The Power of Now. The recurring message is that we cannot change the past, nor can we relive it, so … Continue reading Thursday’s Thoughts #18: Well, there’s no stopping now!
Secret Memory Box #4 – Exposed & Hidden
This one has two components: the pinch-pot lid and the slab-built vase; the lid was made by with two pinch-pots fuzed into a sphere and cut when leather hard into the shape os a small basket; the vase is from a very thin slab, attached only with a little water and tapped gently at the … Continue reading Secret Memory Box #4 – Exposed & Hidden
Wednesday’s Wisdoms #18: Good Vibrations Again!
“The universe does not know or care whether the vibration that you’re offering is in response to something you are living right now, or in response to something you are imagining. In either case, the Universe accepts it as your point of attraction and matches it.” By Abraham-Hicks Wow! Do you feel like someone just … Continue reading Wednesday’s Wisdoms #18: Good Vibrations Again!
Secret Memory Box #3 – Memories to Put Away
Slab built; starting with very wet and thin slabs, that slump into organic shapes; often done with leftover scraps of slabs from larger works, attached with a little slip; left to dry to leather-hard then the whole surface was rubbed with a damp sponge to smooth out seams and lift some of the grog to … Continue reading Secret Memory Box #3 – Memories to Put Away
Tuesday’s Triumphs #18: The heck with it, I’m going!
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” By Socrates I’m on a rollercoaster ride. I keep repeating that I cannot change the past, but I might actually be feeling that I can or must. I’m putting energy in comparing the past … Continue reading Tuesday’s Triumphs #18: The heck with it, I’m going!
Secret Memory Box #2 – The Box Project – Oubliette
Started with a ball of wet terracotta; three small balls were made at the same time for the feet; left to dry slowly under loose plastic until leather-hard; the top was cut straight off and the inside was hollowed both top and bottom; a lip was fashioned with the carve-out clay to hold the lid … Continue reading Secret Memory Box #2 – The Box Project – Oubliette
Monday’s Meanings #18: You Suck as a friend and it’s kinda my fault
“If you don’t see your own worth, you’ll always choose people who don’t see it either.” By unknown I’m consistently amazed how these sayings pop into view when I really need them. Granted, I feel I’m getting lots of messages and reminders, rather than clear answers to my questions, but I’ll take them… it’s progress. … Continue reading Monday’s Meanings #18: You Suck as a friend and it’s kinda my fault
Secret Memory Box #1 – The Box Project – Glazed
It started with a pinch-pot; the bottom was tapped into a foot shape then scored for texture; when leather-hard, the lid was carved out and the handle attached and textured; after a little more drying, it was burnished; dried to bone dry and bisqued; the lid was stained with iron oxide, the sides doted with … Continue reading Secret Memory Box #1 – The Box Project – Glazed
The New Renaissance Mindset 