SIP: Reading Around

A few books in process.  I like to read a bit here and a bit there.

Editorial

Two spaces after a period:
Two steps to let that first thought settle before we move to a new one.

Clay on Deck

Random shots in the rain.

Jaunty Creatures: Headed Back To The Kiln

Neptune: A Mask (with Visual Backstory)

Neptune: the latest mask for the wall.

Sculpture mix; transparent brown, floating blue, shino, studio-green, denim, and celadon glazing, splashed and layered.

Sculpture mix, formed and drying before the first firing.

Bisqued, with the raw glazes dripped and splashed . . . .

If you compare Neptune in this last shot to the first one, or to the watery versions I've posted previously, you can see how much lighting and background can influence the captured image.

Neptune works best, so far, if I hold the mask in my hands in direct sunlight and turn it this way and that to appreciate the play of so many colors and so much sparkle from the shiny glazing and the many textures.  A lucky piece, I think.

Moya Cannon's "Thalassa"

THALASSA

Having got up, decided to go home,
how often do we find ourselves
walking in the wrong direction.

Some echo under the stones
seduces our feet
leads them down again
by the grey, agitated sea.

--Moya Cannon