Right Brain Feed

 2020 has been a confusinating year for all of us. No one got the year they thought they would. One of my struggles has been with pottery. I was head over heels, deep into enjoying an awesome pottery class last spring.... which got canceled. But then I kinda put it all aside, just wasn’t feeling like making pots, and I kinda stalled with it, and lost my way off the happy path. It’s scary to be lost. I found myself focusing on other projects (cooking, sourdough, programming, photography).   Now I’m trying to find my way back to the path. Feels a bit like stumbling around in the dark. I threw a few cups the other day, it felt good, but still trying to get back to it. I’m thinking my studio needs a deep, thorough cleaning, which I always do when *planning* to be away from it for a bit. Right now the space feels askew, too messy, disorganized.  

 We had a beautiful crisp day last week, clear, blue, and sunny. The blue ridge parkway is still open, so we headed out. We came across a rock face that normally seeps water all the time,  it was sporting 6 foot long icicles, and you could totally see the freeze-thaw cycle was eroding away the rock face. We also came across ground heaving due to ice, it was pretty wild looking. It looked like ice needles growing up out of the ground. A Texan like me was easily impressed.