“How Are You?”
“Restricted”
We are living with restriction. The activities we used to do without hesitation or second thought are now clouded by risk and inaccessibility. How we used to gather with others has been limited by distance, masks, and fear. Restriction is necessary, but no less confining. Although we have all collectively lost some parts of how we used to live, we have still lived. I have witnessed and personally experienced immense growth in a time that for awhile felt like a waste of my youth. Even when all life felt like was a period of waiting for something to happen or to end, I still managed to find new ways to grow and evolve. We have all put restrictions on ourself far before any virus or governing body ever did. So maybe while being caged by circumstance we have been able to free ourselves from cages we imposed on ourselves. Maybe we have taken the time to understand ourselves, our wants, our ambitions. Maybe becoming aware of one cage alerted us to ones we never saw forming... “Restriction, a piece from my new series “How Are You?” (Stoneware, copper carbonate, white slip, wire, weeds, cone 10 reduction)
“Almost Empty”
— If I were to be a pot... I would want to be a teapot. I would want to be sturdy to stand the test of time, comfortable to hold tight, and complicated In my design. I would want to to exist with the sole purpose of serving others in order to keep them warm...Unfortunately I am not a teapot, I am just a person a person who’s main similarity to a teapot is that I only have so much to give. This year I learned the importance of filling up my own cup before others’. Not giving away every drop of myself, while also cherishing the the ways we have all poured into one another. My love and appreciation for the people in my life who have and continue to make me fill full has never been greater, but I’ve had to come to terms with the fact that I can’t be everything for everyone. The truth is I won’t always be able to show up when people want me to, I can’t be the best version of myself everyday, and it’s not always selfish to put myself first. So I’m going to keep pouring into me and watching as I grow so when my pot is full again I can serve the best version of myself. “Almost empty” from my new series “How Are You?” (Stoneware, red iron oxide, rutile wash, gold, clear, and temoku glaze, cone ten reduction)
"Burnt Out”
— I’m out of eloquent words, I’m out of silver linings, and I’m out of explanations for how I feel. This year burnt every candle I had at both ends and I have no light left to offer... “Burnt Out” my final piece from my new series “How Are you?
