"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will." -Chuck Palahniuk
Well, at the very least, I am a storyteller and an art lover...especially ceramics!! I have a huge pottery collection, lots of one of a kind jewelry, and a few original paintings. I am particularly drawn to earthy colors and fluid forms that are rich with texture. My collection includes a breadth of artistic translations of my favorite forms, bottles and bowls.
Trite as it will seem, clay epitomizes to me the malleability of the human spirit: twisted, molded, pinched, pressed, shaped, scarred, and smoothed as we are by those who move in and out of our lives. The artist's glazes slide across the surface...coating, pooling, flowing, adding color and texture...much like life's experiences. Then in an amazing dichotomy, tremendous heat, the firing, "freezes" a single moment in time, each piece picking up traces of its environment where it is captured for eternity! Powerful!
There is so much to be said about the strength yet fragility of each piece as it BECOMES something. A vessel that holds something precious, a platter asking to serve, a bottle from which blessings pour forth...functional aesthetics...perfect!
I am a college instructor and sign language interpreter currently working video relay...I feel blessed to be one of the few people in the world who not only loves her job, but loves them BOTH!!!
"Nothing has been taught until it has been learned."
--Author Unknown
I am admittedly self-absorbed, yet forever working on that ugly side of my self with God's help. I will say that my biggest challenge in life is balance. I am eternally curious, but not always about truly important issues. I am good with words, but sometimes supercilious (like in my use of the word "supercilious"...ahem), therefore not great with relationships. I believe in right and wrong. I crave sincerity, and hate lies. I love to laugh...the kind of laughter that takes hold of you when you least expect it. I am disgusted by and fear the evil that exists in this world in the form of prejudice, abuse, denial, and apathy. I am far from perfect, yet have high expectations of myself and others and am, therefore, sometimes over critical. I am never finished learning and grow more and more through every moment I live, and every person I meet. I harbor few regrets about my past because I believe that all I have been through makes me who I am today. I seek to be valued for who I am and strive to let those I love not only feel, but know, my love for them. In that, I have experienced the power of words...and am learning to use them wisely.
"Tis better to be hated for who you are, than loved for who you are not... --Anonymous
Hubby and I have no children, but are permitted to share our home with two very spoiled dogs! If you are touched by romance, follow the link to NIEDERWALD...