An Artist Journey - The ups and downs of creation, and how to keep moving forward. — Store News

Do you remember that young adult you once were? The one that was filled with dreams, the one who thought the world could become a better place, and that you could help change it. Before life knocked you down, made you bitter, cynical, always looking out for the worse case scenario instead of the best. Visit that younger person you were and try to be more like them. When I was fresh out of high school I made this crafty little journal with all different colored pages. In it I use to write down quotes I came across that I...

There are times to take it easy, then there are the times you need to put on a good pair of shoes and get it done. No complaining, no self doubt weather you can do it or not, no other option but to get it done. My get it done days are my clay delivery days. I order seven hundred pounds of clay at a time, fifty pound boxes, fourteen of them. They are delivered to my house and left in my garage. No one to help, no one to rely on but me and they are need to be...

Tummy tucks, Botox, boob jobs, even calf implants, we have all seen these. We have all seen the person with the perfect body. Many of us have envied over these perfect specimens and have even considered plastic surgery in order to join them. Some of us may have considered it for a little while, maybe just as a dream of what if, while some of you may have had the surgery. I will admit I too have thought about surgery, for me it was a tummy tuck and Botox I considered. Not being happy with my post baby body and...

I am always looking for more, always setting that next goal, never quite satisfied with where I am. Am I greedy or ambitious? What is the difference and where is the line drawn? I have been giving this a lot of thought lately wondering where I lie on this greed-ambition spectrum. Wondering if I will ever be satisfied with what I have and where I am at? Do I want to be satisfied with where I am at? This is true in so many areas of my life but even more with my work, my pottery. Even as I am...

Bucket list, the last scramble to get in all the things that you put off your whole life. The things that were actually important to you. Don't get me wrong there are things we should experience before our time is up but why put it on a bucket list. Why are we putting it off until later? What if there is no later? Recently I was contacted by a very expressive woman, and I say this is the most loving way! She had contacted me for a custom order on a set of mugs and she had a way with...