When will I figure it out?

Lady Arat came home from a women's conference at our church, and came home with an... interesting observation. One of the speakers is a curator at the MOA at BYU. He was talking about how we need art in our lives and how so many don't differentiate between art, and craft. Lady Arat had the observation that I was not feeling fulfilled by what I havew been doing, is because much of what I have been making is craft, not art. Now, don't get me wrong. Craft has it's place and there is much to be enjoyed and valued there. But as an artist, doing mostly craft... It was not getting me what I needed. It was quite epiphanic for me. I sometimes wonder when I will figure these things out. I am so glad for my lovely wife who can hear something and realize that it is something that I would need to hear. That, and that she would pass it along to me as well... So I have decided to work on things that I can put part of myself into, things that bring me joy, first and foremost. Cool item for this post:

These pottery jewels have been a LOT of fun lately. They are tempermental, and do NOT always come out the way that one might like. But sometimes...