Let the Sculpting Begin....

OK...so the small surprise I was eluding to (thats honestly only really exciting to me)  in the last post...well ...We did go and get it!!! YEAY! I am now the proud owner of a kiln! So I can start sculpting once again like I did back in the day...and by back in the day I mean 1993-1997...so its been a while since I did ceramics...but I was pretty good at it, but was told by a ceramics professor when I went to governors school for the arts my junior year of high school that its hard to make money in it, and set my sights on art school, but concentrate on illustration or design...seriously thats what he said...and since he was a professor at Temple, I took him very seriously, and it stuck with me all through college..though I did take some ceramics classes my sophomore and junior year...but honestly just for fun mainly. I miss it quite honestly and want to see if I am any better at that than I am at painting...and honestly...I am struggling with my painting I feel. It doesn't excite me like it once did...and lets be real...Im not very good at it. I can copy things I see...but I am lacking in inspiration when it comes down to painting something. I dont know if this is just an internal flaw that will work itself out in time as I have only been getting back into doing art work for almost a year...pretty much only 9 months now....maybe I will get more inspired the more work I do...I have been away from concentrating on it for so long it will probably take a lot of time to rekindle those receptors in my brain...I mean when I was younger I became so inspired so easily, just looking at something, taking a walk...poof things just hit my imagination....

....I am going to have to really explore my inspiration and how I can trigger it now or find what excites me...and honestly when we have gone to the Carnegie Mellon Art Museum, or the Cleveland Art museum...the sculpture and pottery and ceramics moved me and suck me in more than anything. So we went and bought a used one from a really nice girl on craigslist....and went to Home Depot and got the proper plugs, wires etc....to set it up. I found a good place online to get clay and some really great glazes...and I am starting to do the research on how to run this kiln as well. So here is to a new adventure, and hopefully new and wonderful inspirations to come.....wish me luck!