[Clayart] Hank’s retirement from clay.
Roxanne Hunnicutt
This is quite a moment! And we hope you stay around these halls to advise
newbs and others on your fav subjects. Congratulations on a long and
storied career. Now will you work on books as well as poems?
Rox ( just down I-5! Hope to see you … sometime!)
> 1. Re: neglible (Hank Murrow
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> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 07:24:01 -0700
> From: Hank Murrow <hmu...@efn.org>
> To: ClayArt discussion forum <cla...@lists.clayartworld.com>
> Subject: Re: [Clayart] neglible
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> Dear Barry, Vince and Woof;
>
> Having built a large number of kilns which doubtless contributed a lot of
> CO2
> to our shared atmosphere, I remain pretty happy with my final solution to
> the kiln/effluent problem.
> My Doorless Fiberkiln consumes around 34 therms of natural gas for a 30
> cuft kiln over a 24 hour firing
> with a soak in Oxidation during the cooling. I built a dozen of them, with
> one holding a record 2400 cone
> 10 fires, while mine will finish near 600 fires as I mothball it and the
> clay studio for the next potter who
> will work here. I will continue with Watercolor&Ink as I age past 85 in
> February(yes, a triple-Pisces!) It
> has been a lovely 66 year career in clay since I began @ 19.
>
> The final show of my claywork will be at the White Lotus gallery in Eugene
> from Dec 1 until Dec 30,
> with a talk in the gallery on Saturday, Dec 16 @ 2pm.
> https://www.wlotus.com/
> I will however continue to welcome another thousand metaphors to arrive to
> my hands and brush as
> I clarify my Dream.
>
> Cheers! to All here on Clayart, Hank in Eugene, Oregon
>
>
> > On Oct 24, 2023, at 1:23 PM, Barry Salaberry <bsa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Negligible
> >
> > ?the amount of CO2 we contribute to the atmosphere is negligible??
> > concluded the response from Vince, on the topic of scrubbers.
> >
> > That stuck out as a convenient discount, something I hear myself
> continuing
> > to offer up on the rather long list of excuses, not reasons, to justify
> my
> > persistent immersion in slip and slide, clay and fire ad infinitum.
> >
> > I went to The Concise Oxford Dictionary in pursuit of a hopeful discovery
> > of an objective perspective on that term, negligible. ?not worth
> > considering? came up first, then, further down, ?obsolete French from
> > negligere NEGLECT,? which interestingly is the similar root of
> negligence.
> > There lies the rub. First off at negligence reads, ?a lack of proper
> care
> > and attention; carelessness,? then, ?an act of carelessness,? thern ?LAW
> =
> > CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE,? finishing off at ?Art freedom from restraint or
> > artificiality.?
> >
> > My question then becomes, what exactly isn?t worth considering? Our,
> > repeat OUR environment isn?t out there or back there or anywhere else but
> > here in my hands. What I do with my life has an effect, and it isn?t
> > negligible as far as I?m concerned, thank you.
> >
> > I?m producing my share of CO2 while I?m writing this little snit, and I
> > can?t deny it at any level?it is what it is.
> >
> > The points taken by Mel and Vince are stated with clarity and appropriate
> > perspective, each offering the hopefully serious considerations taken by
> us
> > as we apply heat to our clay. I find my argument with my argument is
> that
> > doing something to create something which will provide someone out there
> > with a brief respite, even a momentary leap into joy as my work succeeds
> > in its presence, may provide a smidge of justification?but only a smidge,
> > as I wedge and wedge myself into a comfortable and negligible
> continuation.
> >
> > --
> > Barry Salaberry
> >
> > "Hope is the thing with feathers
> > That perches in the soul
> > And sings tunes without the words
> > And never stops - at all!"
> > -Emily Dickinson
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Kathy Forer
Thanks for all the fish! –
> On Oct 26, 2023, at 9:31 PM, Roxanne Hunnicutt <rox...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hank,
Hank Murrow
> On Oct 26, 2023, at 12:49 PM, Roxanne Hunnicutt <rox...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hank,
>
> This is quite a moment! And we hope you stay around these halls to advise
> newbs and others on your fav subjects. Congratulations on a long and
> storied career. Now will you work on books as well as poems?
> Rox ( just down I-5! Hope to see you … sometime!)
Dear Rox; good to hear from you, and yes, come see us whenever you are near. 541-342-8429
Tea at the marble table or in the studio if weather precludes. Hank @ 541-342-8429 or here on the List.
Yes, I am still making poems when the muse visits.
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