Win a Haiku contest, judged by my studly cousin Rob, win a pot!

[ShadyStump]

Stoic Emperors
ask 'what, is this our nature?
Why aren't you running?'

An ode to my favorite quote. Marcus Aurelius if your interested.

 

[ShadyStump]

The full quote;
"So you were born to feel ‘nice’? Instead of doings things and experiencing them?
Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can?
And you’re not willing to do your job as a human being?
Why aren’t you running to do what your nature demands?"
Marcus Aurelius

 

[Katie0317]

I wake to the sound

of you sleeping beside me

and I breathe again

Was going to play but this one is too good. Horseloverfat, what can you tell us about the cat? Okay, I'll try but I only have one line.
I must go to bed.
I'll work on the rest tomorrow night.

 

[Woocash]

I don’t like haiku

They make little or no sense

I like limericks

 

[Woocash]

There once was a young man called ned
who had eyes in the back of his head,
when asked where he’s going
he had no way of knowing,
but “I know where I’ve been to”, he said.

 

[Woocash]

Ok, ok you got me….

Ate too much curry

Toilet does not find me well

Madras means bad ass

 

[Woocash]

Romeo Ro me

O where for art thou Ro me

O right there you are

 

[TinyArt]

If I was to say

Red velvet cloud in black tea

Who could decipher

Ah, the "piece of cake" koan!

 

[TinyArt]

Thank you. I remember that moment very well. Afternoon sunlight filtered by trees and falling on flesh. The contour of the body next to me like a landscape of hillocks and valleys. The breath slowly altering the landscape to return again...... Yin & Yang. (Long sigh..............)

& this is a prose poem, very beautiful!

 

[BonsaiMatt]

Information age
tells us we need more, more, more
Will you heed the call?

 

[Kadebe]

Sun high in the sky
You show off your dark green leaves
Let me enjoy you

 

[ShadyStump]

It seems folks are having so much fun with this that I believe we may a similarly themed thread in the Tea House.
I never appreciated haiku before, but this is fun!
I'll wait the week out, though. Let's get folks a shot at that awesome pot before we just cause distractions.

I don’t like haiku

They make little or no sense

I like limericks

This, too!

 

[hinmo24t]

The full quote;
"So you were born to feel ‘nice’? Instead of doings things and experiencing them?
Don’t you see the plants, the birds, the ants and spiders and bees going about their individual tasks, putting the world in order, as best they can?
And you’re not willing to do your job as a human being?
Why aren’t you running to do what your nature demands?"
Marcus Aurelius

badass quote. about personal responsibility and development, part of a greater system. from a waitress
to an office assistant, opportunity to advance personally and professionally with any honest job and good attitude.

that quote also fits into my notion of respecting someone who works full time at dunkin donuts or walmart, happily,
to provide for themselves, their families, and economy/society. i respect people who work those jobs far far more than
those who sit around and bitch from within this country.



@HorseloverFat i really like how that pot you made is shaped; perhaps a flowering tree of some sort would suit it well...
from side profile it looks like a standard shaped pot, but there more to meet the eye from higher perspective.

 

[Darth Masiah]

morning watering
have a vape where is coffee
enthusiast hype

 

[HorseloverFat]

badass quote. about personal responsibility and development, part of a greater system. from a waitress
to an office assistant, opportunity to advance personally and professionally with any honest job and good attitude.

that quote also fits into my notion of respecting someone who works full time at dunkin donuts or walmart, happily,
to provide for themselves, their families, and economy/society. i respect people who work those jobs far far more than
those who sit around and bitch from within this country.



@HorseloverFat i really like how that pot you made is shaped; perhaps a flowering tree of some sort would suit it well...
from side profile it looks like a standard shaped pot, but there more to meet the eye from higher perspective.

Thank you!!
As my soul breathes a good chunk of my “concept ideas”... the ones that are bouncing around my visualization “walls” and also within notes, are quite abstract and unusual...

But as a POTTER.. I need to make those distinctions look contrived... DELIBERATE... because “straight, clean, and EVEN” is (In my opinion) the pinnacle of technical skillset to be sought after(for slab throwers). So, to me, demonstrating that you are capable of that WITHIN the designs is important... for it means that, between those straight, clean, evens... I can express gruesome curves, and delightful visual contrasts, WITHOUT bordering into... well.. “kindergarten clay day”...

Trying to remain INTENTIONAL.

 

[ShadyStump]

badass quote. about personal responsibility and development, part of a greater system. from a waitress
to an office assistant, opportunity to advance personally and professionally with any honest job and good attitude.

that quote also fits into my notion of respecting someone who works full time at dunkin donuts or walmart, happily,
to provide for themselves, their families, and economy/society. i respect people who work those jobs far far more than
those who sit around and bitch from within this country.



@HorseloverFat i really like how that pot you made is shaped; perhaps a flowering tree of some sort would suit it well...
from side profile it looks like a standard shaped pot, but there more to meet the eye from higher perspective.

To me it simultaneously calls out courage and self reflection. It makes the points that laziness is NOT natural, and also that we need to routinely reconsider how we as individuals define it.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Only Earthly fear

Cyclone sirens sounding near

In cellars we wait

 

[vp999]

Forget winning the pot, what do I have to do to win your studly cousin Rob...with the cat ????

 

[Woocash]

That is a nice pot
generous horseloverfat
can post to UK?

 

[HorseloverFat]

That is a nice pot
generous horseloverfat
can post to UK?

I can certainly TRY!