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What Is Form?
The English studio potter Michael Cardew expressed an idea, that form is a thing not of the self, separate from the maker, and existing by itself. This thought has intrigued me since I first encountered it thirty-five years ago. My musings on this idea have leant direction to my creative life. The realization — that this search for form need not be crowded by an over emphasis on oneself as creator, artist, and maker — is liberating. There is freedom in the idea that form is something to seek after, to look for in the world.
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Good stuff there Gordon. I agree whole-heartedly with you.