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Pottery Play in North Carolina
Even though I am out and about, I am keeping up on my pottery skills. I found a pottery studio here in Wilmington, North Carolina, called Bookworm Pottery & Co. filled with fun people who have incredible skills. When I was looking for a place to play with clay, I stopped in to check it out. I was greeted by Alyssa, a kind, vivacious newbie to the pottery world. She started classes a year ago, and fell in love with pottery. Now she works at the studio, even leading some classes. Her enthusiasm about both pottery and the Bookworm Pottery…
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Creativity a part of survival
Creativity. Life has a way of crowding out creativity. But what is life if not creative? Survival. Survival at the mercy of our society’s structure. But there are those who don’t survive very well without following the creative impulses, whether they lead to inventing, or organizing, or creating beauty through words, color or structure. I am one of those people… When life crowds out the ability to create, I withdraw inside myself and move toward being a hermit, which causes other issues inside of me. Spending time with people has always put deposits into my emotional bank, and moving…
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Taking time out for creativity
As I write this I hear a pop, then another, then another. That means the effort I put forth this afternoon chopping peppers, garlic, tomatoes and onions to make salsa worked! The seals are taking hold, and I will be able to move the jars into the cupboard. A successful project! A couple of weeks ago I completed another project that took me into my creative mind. It felt good. You ?know how creativity always seems to take the back seat to taking care of everything around you – the house, the job, the yard, the laundry, paying the bills,…
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