Series of Doors

October 25, 2004

for show

The beast comes clanking to life next Sunday, October 31.

I never thought nostalgia could peel out of the rim of a pot.
Or it's foot. I see stages, in months, where old tricks were
thrown out for new. Tools were thrown aside, or caught back
for different uses.

Nostalgia, it is. The burning feeling of steps never to be retraced.
The realization that pieces clap together in many ways, but rarely
the way you envisioned.

One makes mistakes and one regrets for a valid reason. The
Perfection beyond our clumsiness...our tools, time, clay.

God does forgive.

Posted by Kammer at October 25, 2004 03:25 PM

Comments

doing my best...

Posted by: joy at October 25, 2004 04:25 PM

can't wait...i'm coming as a pirate. isaac said he was going to be a ghost.

Posted by: gwen at October 25, 2004 05:00 PM

I want to come...you think I could make it on foot?

Posted by: micah at October 25, 2004 06:19 PM

on one foot that is...

Posted by: micah at October 25, 2004 11:13 PM

Congratulations in advance on your up-coming show, Ben. I know it will be amazing, and I'm sorry I won't get to see it in person (nor get to buy anything...I'm in desperate need of some hand-made hot-beverage mugs for my new apt...walmart doesn't seem to stock these...). Best wishes!

Posted by: jen d at October 26, 2004 11:53 AM

Ben,

Glad your not dead. I wasn't sure.

Paul

Posted by: Paul Kelly at October 26, 2004 10:20 PM

That's right.

I promised to send you an "electronic mail message" back before we had facial hair.

Posted by: Kammer at October 26, 2004 10:28 PM

i didn't make it for the grand opening, friend.
(*ahem* - not that i got an official invitation - *ahem*)
still trying to get down there before you wrap it up.
save something for me, even if it's just a shard.

Posted by: joy at November 1, 2004 04:23 PM

p.s. micah, that was hilarious! i loved it.
but i hope you feel better soon. :(

Posted by: joy at November 1, 2004 04:24 PM

Ben, do you have any mugs for sale? Or, do you take commissions? I'm thinking about Christmas gifts, here, and I really liked the mugs you made Tomania and Paul for their wedding. I'm looking for three interesting guy-sized mugs. If you're interested in selling anything, e-mail me or whatever.

Posted by: jen d at November 4, 2004 04:30 PM

still trying to get down.
it looks promising.

Posted by: joy at November 5, 2004 10:39 AM

Kammer, do you make Chopin busts?

Posted by: George Sand at November 5, 2004 04:49 PM

Great! Thanks :o)

Posted by: jen d at November 8, 2004 09:45 AM