Antoinette Badenhorst on thu 29 oct 09
Ever looked at an artist's work and thought there is nothing to it -=3DC2=
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can do the same - =3DC2=3DA0They do not deserve the high dollars that they=
get=3D
for it: it's too easy? Ever tried to copy and then wondered why you can no=
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t get the same thing? Take someone like Picasso......looks simple right, al=
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most childlike............but why, if it is so simple, can I not do it? The=
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answer is also simple: because it is=3DC2=3DA0NOT so simple.=3D20
Picasso probably took years to develop his style. It became part of his per=
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sonality. So did potters like Don Reitz and Rudy Autio. We all have a perso=
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nallity that might connect with those other successful artists out there, b=
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ut will not be OUR personality. Let them be our mentors, but stay your own =
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honest self.=3D20
Antoinette Badenhorst=3D20
Lincolnshire, Illinois=3D20
steve graber on thu 29 oct 09
it's not easy making something look simple.=3DA0 and when it comes together=
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s simple, it can easily be overlooked.=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0Steve =
Graber, Grab=3D
er's Pottery, Inc=3D0AClaremont, California USA=3D0AThe Steve Tool - for aw=
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e texture on pots! =3D0Awww.graberspottery.com steve@graberspottery.com =3D=
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=3D0A=3D0AOn Laguna Clay's website=3D0Ahttp://www.lagunaclay.com/blogs/ =3D=
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=3D0A----- Original Message ----=3D0A> From: Antoinette Badenhorst _fri=3D
ends10@COMCAST.NET>=3D0A> To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG=3D0A> Sent: Thu, Oct=
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29, 2009 7:44:27 AM=3D0A> Subject: Let them be our mentors.=3D0A> =3D0A> E=
ver lo=3D
oked at an artist's work and thought there is nothing to it -=3DA0I can do =
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=3D0A> the same - =3DA0They do not deserve the high dollars that they get f=
or i=3D
t: it's too =3D0A> easy? Ever tried to copy and then wondered why you can n=
ot=3D
get the same thing? =3D0A> Take someone like Picasso......looks simple rig=
ht=3D
, almost =3D0A> childlike............but why, if it is so simple, can I not=
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o it? The answer is =3D0A> also simple: because it is=3DA0NOT so simple. =
=3D0A> =3D
=3D0A> =3D0A> =3D0A> Picasso probably took years to develop his style. It b=
ecame =3D
part of his =3D0A> personality. So did potters like Don Reitz and Rudy Auti=
o.=3D
We all have a =3D0A> personallity that might connect with those other succ=
es=3D
sful artists out there, =3D0A> but will not be OUR personality. Let them be=
o=3D
ur mentors, but stay your own =3D0A> honest self. =3D0A> =3D0A> Antoinette =
Badenh=3D
orst =3D0A> Lincolnshire, Illinois =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A
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