Another week starts at the studio, and I have a fairly extensive ‘to do’ list with a few firings planned and lots of glazing ahead. To accompany your morning coffee, tea, or beverage of choice:
“Start now.
Start where you are.
Start with fear.
Start with pain.
Start with doubt.
Start with hands shaking.
Start with voice trembling but start.
Start and don’t stop.
Start where you are, with what you have.
Just… start.”
― Ijeoma Umebinyuo
You can do great things when you just start! What do you have planned for your week?
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Everyday is a new beginning, I believe…😄😄😄
Absolutely! And thank you for being part of mine 🙂
Loved ljeoma’s poem, sometimes it is that easy. Just start! I also love your very beautiful pottery and how the vases all have names! Lovely read on a wet Monday morning!
Thank you for your kind words! I hope you are keeping safe and well.
This post is motivating, indeed! I love the poem and I love the image of your vases — each one different and each one a beauty. Happy Monday!
Thank you, Anne! Happy Monday to you as well.
That’s a good start for a Monday morning! 👍🙂
Hi Rez! I am glad to hear it resonated with you and got your week off to a good start!
I’ll be doing drudge work, errr… homemaking chores and sending you a 250 gallon barrel of rain water! Poem was perfect, my friend.
we are catching up now, but I am sure the rain would still be welcome! Here is to another good week!
This is the most beautiful thing I have read
So glad to hear it resonated with you!
It really did. 🙂
Thank you. That was a perfect way to start the week.
Glad you enjoyed it, Michael! I hope your week went well
I really did! And the week went extremely well. Hope yours did too.
Yes, start as you mean to go on… beautiful designs and the mugs you made I could use for my soup I need a larger tumble for this and one to keep the soup warm. Loving your work.
Thank you! I have some bowls around as well should you be interested. Happy to answer any questions you might have.
Nice poem
Thank you for the inspiration. Starting is really the hard part! And your work is beautiful.
A wonderful share and a great start to the day!
That’s such a motivating post even though I am seeing it on tuesday. 😛
next post will be about time machines so it can catch you on the right day hehe 🙂
Trying to take care of my vegetable garden during our So Cal heatwave.
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That sounds like it would be a lot of work especially if water is limited! I hope both you and your garden are doing well
Beautiful
So glad to hear that it resonated with you 🙏
To be a potter is to always have your hands on the earth . To be one with where we all come from
That was an amazing poem by Ijeoma. Thanks for the inspiration.
If you would like to see more of her work, there is much out there! it is truly beautiful: https://www.theijeoma.com/
Yes, I already seen them through the link you shared on your post. Thanks for sharing.
Totally agree. Launch first, adjust later.