“Owl is the grand
and rather clever
old man of the forest.
He can also spell Tuesday.”
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-A. A. Milne.
What is something wise that you have learned or have been told
(on a correctly spelled Tuesday,
Friday or otherwise)?
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ooh yes, lovely April! Thank you for the reminder! 🙏
When you’ve got two strikes, choke up on the bat. 😀 Seriously though, this is a metaphor for life as well. When things get tough, you may need to change your approach in order to succeed. Baseball FTW! 🙂
Great metaphor! What other things has baseball taught you about life would you say?
Baseball is a microcosm of life, as are many sports. I coached youth baseball in a small town (700 residents) for six years (and youth basketball for three years), ages ranging from 7-14. Baseball teaches teamwork, putting the group ahead of the individual, sacrificing (both literally and figuratively) to put teammates in a better position to score, focus, concentration, determination, winning and losing graciously, trying your best, never giving up, good sportsmanship, and the list goes on. Mainly thought, for those kids, the goal was to have FUN while learning to play ball. I know I had as much fun as those kids. Happy times, and good friendships along the way. You really can learn a lot about life on the baseball diamond. 🙂
I really like the blues in this owl. I’ve heard that raku can be unpredictable, but does that apply to the predominant color you put on it?
It depends entirely on the glaze ingredients and placement. It can be somewhat predicted, but one never knows what will happen once the piece is in the reduction as there are too many competing factors to guarantee a particular look, but like a yellow owl will always come out yellow, but the cracks will be different every time,