Comments for Beth Shook http://www.bethshookart.com ceramic artist Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:29:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on All Cows Eat Grass by Beth http://www.bethshookart.com/2012/02/16/all-cows-eat-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Beth Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:29:25 +0000 http://www.bethshookart.com/?p=712#comment-473 Mike, Julia and I would have some great fun!!! Well, there would be fun all around if we could get all of you out here. :) Mike,
Julia and I would have some great fun!!! Well, there would be fun all around if we could get all of you out here. :)

]]> Comment on All Cows Eat Grass by mike shook http://www.bethshookart.com/2012/02/16/all-cows-eat-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-472 mike shook Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:52:18 +0000 http://www.bethshookart.com/?p=712#comment-472 Beth I get Algebra and no problem riding a bike but I cannot draw a straight line without a ruler---I am blown away by works of art. Julia is the only one in the family of 5 who has any ability in this area and i would love to get her out to see your work sometime - iknow she would Love It. Cuz Beth

I get Algebra and no problem riding a bike but I cannot draw a straight line without a ruler—I am blown away by works of art. Julia is the only one in the family of 5 who has any ability in this area and i would love to get her out to see your work sometime – iknow she would Love It.

Cuz

]]> Comment on All Cows Eat Grass by Lisa Harnish http://www.bethshookart.com/2012/02/16/all-cows-eat-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Lisa Harnish Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:01:13 +0000 http://www.bethshookart.com/?p=712#comment-471 I know what you mean; a few years ago, I resolved to get more exercise by buying a used bike. It had been 30 years since I'd been on one. And yeah, it really IS like riding a bike! I think both your bike & algebra examples illustrate the way the brain works. Riding a bike is "muscle memory"; it uses 3 dimensional, visual, physical skills. Algebra uses a different brain space; verbal, analytical, rational. Your drawing (or any artist's skills) come from the first part, the visual area, and the muscle memory to make the motions to create what is visualized. When returning to something you haven't done in a while, yeah, it may take a little time to get back to where you used to be, but rest assured, it does come back. I know what you mean; a few years ago, I resolved to get more exercise by buying a used bike. It had been 30 years since I’d been on one. And yeah, it really IS like riding a bike! I think both your bike & algebra examples illustrate the way the brain works. Riding a bike is “muscle memory”; it uses 3 dimensional, visual, physical skills. Algebra uses a different brain space; verbal, analytical, rational. Your drawing (or any artist’s skills) come from the first part, the visual area, and the muscle memory to make the motions to create what is visualized. When returning to something you haven’t done in a while, yeah, it may take a little time to get back to where you used to be, but rest assured, it does come back.

]]> Comment on All Cows Eat Grass by Deb http://www.bethshookart.com/2012/02/16/all-cows-eat-grass/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Deb Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:44:14 +0000 http://www.bethshookart.com/?p=712#comment-470 Beth, I love this post! Thanks =) And cannot wait to see what you're making in your rediscovered love of dinnerware. You know how I feel about dishes but try not to let me collect more! Beth, I love this post! Thanks =) And cannot wait to see what you’re making in your rediscovered love of dinnerware. You know how I feel about dishes but try not to let me collect more!

]]> Comment on I spy with my little eye… by Valerie http://www.bethshookart.com/2011/12/02/i-spy-with-my-little-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Valerie Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:36:41 +0000 http://www.bethshookart.com/?p=679#comment-468 When I want to test whether or not I am really seeing, I take a walk and determine if I am seeing everything that I pass, or does it fade and as you say become another part of my "perception". Good seeing Beth. When I want to test whether or not I am really seeing, I take a walk and determine if I am seeing everything that I pass, or does it fade and as you say become another part of my “perception”. Good seeing Beth.

]]> Comment on sweet dreams by Nancy Hoak http://www.bethshookart.com/2011/12/31/sweet-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Nancy Hoak Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:11:02 +0000 http://www.bethshookart.com/?p=688#comment-467 Aww...the minds and dreams of artists....wonderful! Aww…the minds and dreams of artists….wonderful!

]]> Comment on sweet dreams by Kathleen Ulrich http://www.bethshookart.com/2011/12/31/sweet-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Kathleen Ulrich Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:31:53 +0000 http://www.bethshookart.com/?p=688#comment-466 I too dream of clay. These wonderful ideas, or at least they seem wonderful ideas at the time, come into my head and I can’t wait to execute them in clay. The problem is I still struggle with clay, trying to get it to do what I want and not what it wants. I have far better success in my own medium of fibers where I have command over what I want to accomplish. Although Manolo Blahnik designs shoes, his quote could be applied to any artist’s medium: “About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread – and – butter designs.” Thought you would enjoy it. I too dream of clay. These wonderful ideas, or at least they seem wonderful ideas at the time, come into my head and I can’t wait to execute them in clay. The problem is I still struggle with clay, trying to get it to do what I want and not what it wants. I have far better success in my own medium of fibers where I have command over what I want to accomplish.
Although Manolo Blahnik designs shoes, his quote could be applied to any artist’s medium: “About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread – and – butter designs.”
Thought you would enjoy it.

]]> Comment on sweet dreams by jeanne otis http://www.bethshookart.com/2011/12/31/sweet-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-465 jeanne otis Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:21:34 +0000 http://www.bethshookart.com/?p=688#comment-465 Hi Beth! I have been enjoying your writing and work, and now I have a bit more time. I would love to see you and have a good chat. If you have any time to come over for a visit that would be fun! There is no hurry....anytime you have the time! Jeanne Hi Beth!

I have been enjoying your writing and work, and now I have a bit more time. I would love to see you and have a good chat. If you have any time to come over for a visit that would be fun! There is no hurry….anytime you have the time!

Jeanne

]]> Comment on sweet dreams by Beth http://www.bethshookart.com/2011/12/31/sweet-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Beth Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:14 +0000 http://www.bethshookart.com/?p=688#comment-464 David, thank you for the kind words. Priceless memories...gotta love clay! David, thank you for the kind words. Priceless memories…gotta love clay!

]]> Comment on sweet dreams by David Bradley http://www.bethshookart.com/2011/12/31/sweet-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-463 David Bradley Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:04:28 +0000 http://www.bethshookart.com/?p=688#comment-463 Beth, I love your thought process/writing style. I dream about whatever is filling my consciousness be it clay, teaching, a new project. Early in my ceramic life, when I was an apprentice in the folk pottery factory, I would sleep walk to the pile of clay I thought I had to wedge for the night-in the middle of my bedroom! Fortunately I woke up before trying to wedge the pile of laundry on the floor. Beth, I love your thought process/writing style. I dream about whatever is filling my consciousness be it clay, teaching, a new project. Early in my ceramic life, when I was an apprentice in the folk pottery factory, I would sleep walk to the pile of clay I thought I had to wedge for the night-in the middle of my bedroom! Fortunately I woke up before trying to wedge the pile of laundry on the floor.

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