I’ll start off my little game of true confessions. I’m a procrastinator! There, I said it and the truth is out in the open, though I’m not proud of my procrastinating tendencies. I haven’t gone into my studio for a number of reasons, but the main one being that it was a mess. I couldn’t find anything, and frankly I just decided to play the avoidance technique card. Here’s the problem though… I am getting cranky. Cranky, because something is missing in my life right now - mainly manipulating clay into something, anything.
So, yesterday, I cleaned for 2 hours until I could find my wheel, until I had put everything away in its rightful place, so that my studio could function again. Once I finished and gathered up stray 2 pound bags of used clay, I wedged up some porcelain. Man, the clay hard as a rock from neglect! But after banging it around a bit and forcefully wedging it, the particles aligned and were once again malleable.
Throwing on the wheel is a bit like riding a bike; once you learn, you never forget. It took me a little longer to throw the first bottle, but I think I’m back in the saddle. Yippee skippee!
So, why did I decide to finally tackle my studio and get back to work? I think sometimes, I make things harder than they have to be. For example, Tuesday after I subbed all day long, I went for a run around 5pm. What’s so spectacular about that? I’m a morning runner and the mere thought of running in the heat and after working all day makes me nauseous. But, guess what? It’s all psychological for me. I told myself that if I went out and needed to walk, that would be okay. But, I didn’t have to walk. I ran the whole way and my dog was uber thankful after being cooped up by herself all day long. Afterwards, I told myself, “see that wasn’t so bad, tomorrow you’re going to clean up your studio!” And, I did. Whew…
Do you have anything you’d like to confess?
~Cynthia
Tags: cone 6 porcelain, functional pottery, garage studio, procrastination, studio potter
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Ohhh that gave me an idea!!!! That would look KEWL as a piece of art on the wall! Half of the bottle would be on one side of something and the other half on the other side! That would look fab! Wonderful job! Great post!
*HUGS*
I confess that picking up the phone to return calls did not result in death.
Yesterday, I hosed the windows (and walls) on 2 sides of the house and have almost finished polishing the inside of the glass. …whispers…maybe I’ll clean up this office!
I think that would be cool, Angela…you gonna make it??
hehehe, Janet! It feels like it sometimes, doesn’t it?
Wow, you’re on a roll, Dinah…I was hoping for something more titillating, LOL. Although, I would probably have to offer something more up myself.
Oh my gosh, I know exactly where you’re coming from Cyn. I’m guilty of the exact same thing…procrastination. It will build up on you till you can’t stand it anymore and after you tackle the dreaded chore, you’re going “now why did I put that off for so long!” I really love both of the vases, they look so smooth and pure. Ha, OK I’ll admit I was going “eek, she cut that beautiful vase in half!” I’m glad you got your studio straight and back in the clay!
Hello my name is Heather, and I am a procrastionator. It’s been 90 days from my last procrastionation. *shows 90 day chip proudly*
I am not kidding…90 days (yesterday) from the last time I put something off. I am free.
You wrote that perfectly, Lynette! That’s exactly what I said to myself afterwards…
teehee Heather, I borrow and quote from AA all the time. I’m sure if we lived closer, we would be good friends!