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pottery gods, was glaze formulae was - quartz,

updated sat 25 sep 04

 

Ron Roy on thu 23 sep 04

flint and silica

Hi Linda,

Well good luck with that.

I have found that if things go wrong we tend to blame ourselves. If we get
what we want we give the gods the credit. To be consistant we should either
give them the blame and the thanks.

A dangerous game if they are in charge of everything.

RR

>I'm going with Vulcan/Hephaistos. The god of fire and of all crafts
>is clearly the guy we need on our side. No fire, no pots.
>
>Linda
>--- Ron Roy wrote:
>
>> Hi Linda,
>>
>> Thanks for the note on gods - got any ideas - or maybe experience
>> about how
>> to choose the right one. This seems fraught with danger - pick one
>> and
>> watch out for the others? Perhaps what is needed is one of each -
>> or would
>> they all resent that?

Ron Roy
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Lee Love on sat 25 sep 04

flint and silica

Ron Roy wrote:

>I have found that if things go wrong we tend to blame ourselves. If we get
>what we want we give the gods the credit. To be consistant we should either
>give them the blame and the thanks.
>
>A dangerous game if they are in charge of everything.
>
>

It is not a matter of control or being in in charge. It is
about letting go. Acts of devotion are primarily about "inside" the
skin sack. Not outside.

Speaking of quartz/flint/silica, go here to see my and my Akita
Taiko in front of a burning hill of my favorite source of silica:
Rice hull ash. I am the one wearing the straw hat:

http://public.fotki.com/togeika/mashiko_countryside/nukabai.html

There are six more photos of what we saw on our work, so click next:

burning nuka
kaki plum
squashed kaki on the road
olives?
kiwi and vines
kampyo squash
2 morning glory
1 morning glory



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