.I have a Confession.

I find great inspiration from...
FASHION.
In high school and college my rooms were covered in fanciful photographs from Vogue.
Grace Coddington's genius as a Fashion Editor spoke to me as a young lady stuck in the hills of West Virginia. She allowed me to escape reality with the imagery she created with the help of her creative team.

I have watched the Diana Vreeland documentary "The Eye Has to Travel" almost everyday. 

...Just randomly...

I place my Ipad near while doing laundry, dishes, and domestic diddies.

Simply, I find strong and creative individuals truly energizing.

.Grayson Perry.

Grayson Perry. Grayson Perry. Grayson Perry. Grayson Perry.

Is AMAZING.

I am just...I am just...at a lost of words with my excitement.

WHERE THE FUCK HAVE I BEEN?? WHY DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS MAN YEARS AGO?
Under a rock...?
well...working a production job under I-95...so...yes.

But...Now! 
I have found an individual who links traditional ceramic arts, digital age intelligence, and performance...not so much pieces...but he is theatrical in presence...

I am extremely excited about finding more about this individual.

Icheon Master Hand: Lee Hyuang Gu

This is the best video I have ever seen of a potter at work.

"Someday I'm Gonna Die"

I'm going to edit the "Utility is Useless Without the User" performance tomorrow.
Enjoy my lady friend's video.
She's the Bee's Knees.

.Official.

It is Official.
I am Official.

Ashley Lin Pottery, LLC.

Papers are signed.
The fee is paid.
I am Official.

The IRS just needs to get back to me about about the FEIN.
Then..
I need to sign a lease on a space.
&
BUY..
a kiln,
a wheel,
shelves, 
a table,
dry materials,
a sieve,
damn..
A LOT OF THINGS

THERE ARE A LOT MORE STEPS.
BUT 
I'M AT THE FOOT OF THE STAIRS 
AND 
ALL I NEED TO DO IS MOVE 
UP. 

I COULD NOT HAVE DONE A SINGLE THING

WITHOUT THE LOVE AND SUPPORT 

FROM

MY HUSBAND

 

.Wood.i.Beatrice.

Yes.
Yes.
A million times.
Yes.
Beatrice.i.Wood.

.Ai.WeiWei.

.this man is a valiant.artist.activist.

The triptych gained notoriety as an iconoclastic gesture, it encapsulates several broader constants in Ai’s work: the socio-political commentary on the random nature of vectors of power; questions of authenticity and value (vis-à-vis the artist’s comment that the value of “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn” has today exceeded that of the once-prized urn itself), and the cycle of creative destruction necessary for any culture’s survival and evolution.