Chicago Public Art Group

Today, I had the pleasure of meeting John Pounds and John Weber from the Chicago Public Art Group.  Their goal is to bring communities together through the creation of public art. John pounds was an amazingly kind man with much artistic insight, while John Weber was just a font of information regarding Chicago history and civil rights. It was an amazing meeting that revolved around how art has grown to be a very public activity that brings together communities and helps to raise awareness about social issues.The meeting left me feeling very charged and very grateful about being involved in art. I certainly hope I have the opportunity to work with both of these amazing men in the future.

From the CPAG website
Title:  Bethel New Life 
Site:  Bethel New Life Center, 1140 N. Lamon, Chicago 

Resilient Spirit

I hate scraping kiln shelves.

But even the things we love to do can come with things we dislike. But if you keep doing a

Large soda fired bowl

process you hate, then it just becomes something you do, and eventually you don't think about it anymore.

This resiliency of the human spirit is something I've been highly aware of since my early twenties. All too often we become accustomed to living with difficult circumstances for no reason except that our spirit has accepted the circumstances.   But if we keep in mind the resilient nature of the spirit and examine our habits and circumstances, remembering that the only long term experiences we should endure are the positive ones, then our lives become more fulfilled.

It's something  we must remember whenever we enter into a new relationship, a new job, or a new habit, or else hurtful experiences can become part of our day to day lives.