In the past I’ve endeavored to find a hobby… one that requires some skill, that I”m willing to learn, but doesn’t require a tonne of money or really an unreasonable amount of time to put in. The last thing I decided that I would probably love and be EXCELLENT at was pottery! That’s right… think the movie Ghost and the scene with the pottery wheel and Patrick Swayze coming back from the afterlife to make sweet muddy love to Demi Moore. Okay it’s NOTHING LIKE THAT! AT ALL! Of course I wasn’t expecting an erotic experience, but she made it look so easy! Flawlessly easy! It ISN’T! It’s hard, requires manual dexterity, which I have an average amount of, short nails, which I do not have and enough patience to get 90% of the way through making what shortly resembles a vase when it all crumples and goes flying off the wheel! I, as a warm blooded and sensitive girl, can’t deal with that kind of rejection from a piece of mud! So I gave up on Pottery. To be honest tho, I would like to give ‘hand forming’ a go… where you roll out your piece of clay and use forms to mold it to, and then you can engrave or stamp a pattern on… think pretty little bowl you could keep your keys and loose change in. Anyway, the world of pottery is not entirely dead to me, but I thought I should try to find a less volatile hobby.
My best girlfriend is an AMAZING photographer and even with the few tips she gave me about composition before we went to Thailand last year, I’ve become a better photographer. I thoroughly enjoy taking pictures and trying to get a unique shot. Much of the time I”m not successful, but when I am, it reminds me why I like doing it. I can express my creativity with clean hands and a sure medium! I have been known to get a bit dirty when taking pics tho, as I have no problem getting down on the wet ground to take an eye to eye picture of my sleeping cat. Anyway, best girlfriend has lent me an amazing SLR film camera and a really cool super wide angle lens and tripod… I’ve asked for a digital SLR for my 30th birthday. I believe this is something that I could get better at with practice and education. The opportunity to practice presents itself almost daily in every day life and I”m willing to practice! I want to ‘artfully’ document the next 30 years of my life… just think, maybe if I get good at the photography, I can photograph myself fighting with pottery again… now wouldn’t that make a pretty picture!
~P’cess
