AndyL Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Color is the music of the eyes. Life....A cacophony to some..... a symphony to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Color is the music of the eyes. Life....A cacophony to some..... a symphony to me. Grow as you go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Color is the music of the eyes. Life....A cacophony to some..... a symphony to me. Grow as you go You can live life with a sour pickle in your mouth Or be Friendly I'd rather BE Friendly See more THAN surface BE MORE THAN SURFACE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Color is the music of the eyes. Life....A cacophony to some..... a symphony to me. Grow as you go You can live life with a sour pickle in your mouth Or be Friendly I'd rather BE Friendly See more THAN surface BE MORE THAN SURFACE! Everyone's roots has a touch of darkness See MORE THAN Surface ​SEE MORE THAN SURFACE! BE MORE than SURFACE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Color is the music of the eyes. Life....A cacophony to some..... a symphony to me. Grow as you go You can live life with a sour pickle in your mouth Or be Friendly I'd rather BE Friendly See more THAN surface BE MORE THAN SURFACE! Everyone's roots has a touch of darkness See MORE THAN Surface ​SEE MORE THAN SURFACE! BE MORE than SURFACE! Change to see the future Change a be the future.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Color is the music of the eyes. Life....A cacophony to some..... a symphony to me. Grow as you go You can live life with a sour pickle in your mouth Or be Friendly I'd rather BE Friendly See more THAN surface BE MORE THAN SURFACE! Everyone's roots has a touch of darkness See MORE THAN Surface ​SEE MORE THAN SURFACE! BE MORE than SURFACE! Change to see the future Change a be the future.... Go as you Grow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted March 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2016 Color is the music of the eyes. Life....A cacophony to some..... a symphony to me. Grow as you go You can live life with a sour pickle in your mouth Or be Friendly I'd rather BE Friendly See more THAN surface BE MORE THAN SURFACE! Everyone's roots has a touch of darkness See MORE THAN Surface ​SEE MORE THAN SURFACE! BE MORE than SURFACE! Change to see the future Change a be the future.... Go as you Grow A cacophony to some.....become the symphony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 Reread books and you may discover things your growth now allows you to appreciate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted March 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2016 As I Grow I will live Confidently And Fiercely I Will Try to Be THE Strongest Person I Can And Work In MY Community To Help IT Grow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 I've had unexpected results in a piece I've made. Never a mistake...the trick is to figure out what happened to recreate it when wanted or never when not. BUT most importantly observe and figure out how to make the unplanned result a jumping off point for creating better works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 The first 6 months of my experiences with clay started in college. I was torn between having to produce something for grade, and wanting to produce something of quality. I made lots of pots, and put all of them into the slop bucket even before firing. Not good enough. Then the realization came that I had only one more week before production cut off. Kept 9 pieces for the first class, glazed and finished. Next class, much the same. Then I started teaching, didn't keep anything the first year, or the next, but threw nearly every day on after school time. Then I started teaching Ceramics, and had to demonstrate, which was not a problem as I had lots of practice on basic forms. Through all of this time, I read everything Ceramics I could get a hold of, magazines, books, journals etc. Very little internet in the 70's. I realized that I needed to expand my throwing experience into a wider variety of forms, including all sorts of functional and non functional forms, along with more hand construction and combinations of techniques. The next 20 years were spent trying to learn forms. In the end, I found that if a student wanted to learn to make a specific form, I could do it, even though I might have never done that sort of form before. When your knowledge base becomes large enough, and your hand eye coordination and understanding of the limitations and strengths of the clay becomes great enough, almost anything is possible. Sitting at the wheel, or the banding wheel and just making is a symphony of movement, in silence, that sustains you through each day, no matter how difficult the other aspects of the day are. best, Pres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 darn, wish i could like that twice, pres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted July 28, 2016 Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 thank you , Old Lady. best, Pres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted July 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 OL, Any piece you make will survive in shards or intact for 20,000 years or more. Your essense will be in it. So you see..... just make a piece you're satisfied with...release it to history and you will have liked the Pres's thoughts twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 Pres, "a symphony in silence" what a beautiful metaphor for a feeling of throwing on a good day. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted July 31, 2016 Report Share Posted July 31, 2016 I hoped it would hit some with a feeling of truth. best, Pres Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Longer Member Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Pres, "a symphony in silence" what a beautiful metaphor for a feeling of throwing on a good day. Marcia Me; I'm just tryin' to figure out if it's me or the dog who has gas..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted October 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2016 Hold out your hand in your mind's eye In it an apple, an unlimited supply in it 6 - 9 seeds with your skills, wisdom, ability to communicate and your humanity When your seeds grow ulitimately it is impossible to know the amount of trees and apples that will come from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted October 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 Sometimes.....I like to be playful in using words with a good deal of their meaning as much in the nature of what they say.....as their physical presents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted April 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 All ART is Folk Art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 A series of random thoughts connected by a theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Strive to consider more than immediate needs and only your own future, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fireborn Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 I read something in a book I am reading currently, it rung home with me. I will quote it here since this seems like the place to do it. "The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars." - Art & Fear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawPots Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 We seem to have never stopped debating what C.F. Binns said at the beginning of the last century: "The trend of the present demand ... is toward a personal and individual expression in the crafts or industrial arts. This is tendency is the natural swing of the pendulum from the machine made product of the manufactory which in its turn was the inevitable result of mechanical invention." How much expression is sufficiently personal in craft, when faced with mechanical sameness of things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 9, 2017 Report Share Posted August 9, 2017 I read something in a book I am reading currently, it rung home with me. I will quote it here since this seems like the place to do it. "The function of the overwhelming majority of your artwork is simply to teach you how to make the small fraction of your artwork that soars." - Art & Fear Boy does that ring true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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