04/20/2022
✨Please read to the end✨ This was the one Beach Mug that I allowed myself to keep from the last batch. I’ve been allowing myself to keep work that I feel particularly connected to lately, and it’s been so indescribably fulfilling.
I have an extensive pottery collection (I just love all the different spins folks take when creating pots), but I’ve hardly kept anything of mine. So I was always sharing those quiet moments over coffee/water/Diet Dr Pepper “with” someone else, but not “with” myself.
Now I have a small collection of my own work, and I love being able to sit with something I made with my own two hands that I genuinely enjoy. And I can remember every bargain I made to myself when convincing myself to keep them:
“Well, if it doesn’t sell at the market, it was meant to be.”
“Are you realistically ever going to make another one like this again?”
“That glaze drip is just too perfect.”
“Levi said he really likes it, and I really like it, so I guess I HAVE to keep it.”
…and so on 😂
Artists, do you ever have trouble keeping something you’ve made? Have you ever struggled with Makers Guilt? (I.e. “I really like this, but I have to make money and share this goodness with the world, so I really shouldn’t keep it.”)
If so, I want to challenge you to keep the next thing you make that you absolutely love. The thing that you would regret most letting go. Allow it to bring YOU joy like how your work usually brings others joy. And if, after a while, you feel like it’s served its purpose in your life, send it on to the next soul 🤍
Have a marvelous day, my friends. I’m sending you good energy and a big virtual bear hug while enjoying a drink from one of my mugs.
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