Kelly Savino on thu 18 feb 10
The peanut butter and jelly routine is by now a well kicked dead horse, but=
when familiar old clayarters drift away and new ones step in, I always kin=
d of mentally revise the list...
A new version would have to include a post from Lee telling us about the su=
perior way peanut butter and jelly is prepared in Japan, and of course Lili=
with her annual lament about the number of posts around Peanut Festival ti=
me, and whether sour grapes make good jelly for those not attending.
I suppose some crab would have to assail some guru for not sharing his jell=
y recipes, and scientists could roll their eyes because none of us understa=
nd the dense molecular matrix of peanut butter and chemical reactions cause=
d by pectin in jam.
There are foodies on the list who consider good restaurants as much a reaso=
n for the trip as good galleries, and more power to 'em. Me, I'm driving i=
n with a couple of gas-buying passengers and doing NCECA on the cheap, so I=
'll likely be dining on my cooler full of -- you guessed it, PBJs.
Looking forward to Philly... glad facebook has helped me attach real faces =
to names to emails.
Yours
Kelly in Ohio
http://www.primalpotter.com (website)
lili krakowski on thu 18 feb 10
Several off list messages about my remark "There is no food in Philly. =3D
Pack a lunch" protested my "slur" and defended Philadelphia cuisine.
What got me was that this happens every year at NCECA time. People want =
=3D
to go to NCECA which is like an "EDUCATION IN THE ARTS" conference, with =
=3D
interesting stuff there for potters. So them what travels, them what =3D
can afford the time off from domestic duties, jobs, etc, them what can =3D
afford the costs, them what costs are paid by a university, business or =3D
similar go. Fabulous
What bugs is that we then get repeated lengthy side bars. (If that is =3D
the right word.)
Is there food in X? Where can I get my hair done? Do I have to bring a =3D
bucket of coal or will the conference hall be heated? Do they speak =3D
English? Do they allow polygamy?
WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH CLAY?=3D20
Philadelphia was chosen by whoever for the conference this year. People =
=3D
thought, people researched, people made plans etc... There are guide =3D
books etc. The Internet tells you all sorts of good stuff including that =
=3D
Philadelphia is contiguous with Philadelphia County! Contiguous no =3D
less!=3D20
I have seen no queries about the best collection of Pennsylvania =3D
pottery, queries about any nearby clay deposits...only where can I eat!
Pack a lunch, says I, and don't talk with your mouth full!
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
Phoenix Rising Farm on thu 18 feb 10
Does anyone know if they allow polygamistic,
coal burning, English-speaking, hair coilers
with appetities in Philadelphia?
Or should we look for accommodation elsewhere?
Thank you Ms. Lili...I needed
that belly laugh!
Best,
Wayne Seidl
Steve Slatin on fri 19 feb 10
My My, Ms. Lili!=3DA0 What a multitude of questions!
And I do believe that they ALL actually do relate
to the "condicion potiere."
To break things down to their essentials --
- Is there food in X?
Relevance test -- potters are known to eat, if not
always well.=3DA0 (Well off potters are known to *dine*.)
The presence of food may be viewed as essential to=3D20
the working potter (notice I do not say "professional
potter," we've had too much hoo ha over that recently.)
- Where can I get my hair done?
Some (admittedly not all) potters have hair.=3DA0 (Others
are as smooth as a billiard ball.)=3DA0 While a few appear
not to have seen the inside of a barber shop/hair
salon since the waning days of the Nixon administration,=3D20
others appear to consider a more dignified appearance=3D20
the sine qua non (or, at least, one of several sine quibis
non*) of their existence.=3DA0=3D20
Also, long hair gets into the clay and it's hard to=3D20
throw clay with strands of hair in it.**
-- Do I have to bring a bucket of coal, or will the
conference hall be heated?
As I recollect, there was no objective evidence that
the conference hall *was* heated in Pittsburgh on the
opening day.=3DA0 Given that some of our best potters have=3D20
thermally sensitive dispositions*** I believe that this=3D20
is a valid concern.
- Do they speak English?
Well, I missed the conference in Phoenix (which, by the
way, based on the rules of orthography, I believe=3D20
should be pronounced "fonicks")**** but I've visited,
and I believe that this is a critical question.=3DA0 I
wouldn't go without one of those 'talking dictionaries'
unless I spoke passable Spanish.
- Do they allow polygamy?=3DA0 This is an interesting point.
I think it should be rephrased as "do they allow polygamy
WHILE AT THE CONFERENCE."=3DA0 Please do not ask me for
the details, it has nothing to do with me, but it is
absolutely a relevant question. Allegedly.
So, in sum, I'd have to say all questions are relevant.
Where potters are concerned, everything has to do
with clay.
Steve Slatin --=3D20
*I may have made an error here. My Latin was always poor.
**yes, I'm sure someone will post that IN JAPAN the ancient
potters ALL use hair in their clay or some such nonsense.
I don't care.
*** They snarl, and may even bite if their fingers get cold.****
****I know, I was bitten by a potter in Louisville. Not a
thermally-related incident, but the mark is still visible.
*****I know this is irrelevant.=3DA0 I'm just pointing it out.
--- On Thu, 2/18/10, lili krakowski wrote:
> Several off list messages about my
> remark "There is no food in Philly. Pack a lunch" protested
> my "slur" and defended Philadelphia cuisine.
>=3D20
>=3D20
> What got me was that this happens every year at NCECA
> time.=3DA0 People want to go to NCECA which is like an
> "EDUCATION IN THE ARTS" conference, with=3DA0 interesting
> stuff there for potters.=3DA0 So them what travels, them
> what can afford the time off from domestic duties, jobs,
> etc, them what can afford the costs, them what costs are
> paid by a university, business or similar go.=3DA0
> Fabulous
>=3D20
> What bugs is that we then get repeated lengthy side bars.
> (If that is the right word.)
> Is there food in X?=3DA0 Where can I get my hair done? Do
> I have to bring a bucket of coal or will the conference hall
> be heated? Do they speak English?=3DA0 Do they allow
> polygamy?
>=3D20
> WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH CLAY?=3D20
> =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A
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