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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