I love and admire fine craftsmanship, especially when the crafts come from around the world.  Sometimes, deep inside of me I think, "how hard can this be?"  I received a beautiful zebra vase from www.oneworldprojects.com and really love their products.  Receiving this vase inspired me to take an introduction to pottery class.  Again, I said to myself, "how hard can this be?"  I found that throwing pottery on the wheel is very therapeutic for me.  It keeps me living in the moment and concentrating on just what I am doing at the time.  The pottery creation process (throwing, bisque firing, glazing, high/low firing) brings back organic chemistry laboratory memories.  Unlike other students, I enjoyed the laboratory experiments (I am a hands on kinda gal) but didn't really like the lecture / theory discussions.  My college professor used to tell me all of the time, "how can you master the laboratory experiment so easily yet barely pass the exams?"  I guess I am more an intuitive thinker rather than one who is theoretical.  


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In case you were curious, here is my first bowl thrown on the pottery wheel.  My instructor said I am a natural at centering and throwing pottery (who knew?).  I am well on my way to exploring the Seven Arts and it's kept me very busy and dare I say, happy?!?


In order to pay for my class, I've been consciously eating and cooking more meals at home.  I don't think my family notices much of the difference but now I understand the concept of the "starving artist" (at least for me, it means making realistic tradeoffs so I can keep exploring more of the Seven Arts).