Monday, November 22
Nov. 22nd, 2021 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Fairly warm today. Very pleasant weather.
I went in to town and got groceries. I talked to a person who I've known for a while now, who used to ride at the barn I used to go to. She isn't riding anymore because of money, and because she didn't feel like she was treated the same as the people who owned horses or leased lesson horses. I don't know if she'll take me up on it, but I told her I would love it if she wanted to come see River with me some time.
I went to the new pottery studio. The studio used to be in another building, and nearly three years ago that building was condemned and we had to shut everything down. It took time to find a new location, and things got stalled a fair bit, and then Covid shut it all down even once we found a new location. THEN, this winter, we got stalled again for several months because the elevator was broken in the building.
It was very surreal coming to the new studio as it is located in a very old building that is mainly a Senior's facility, so it feels like a hospital. The arts center (there is a wood working room and a weaving room as well as a pottery studio) is now on the fourth floor of this building.
Since it is in a care home, we have to sign in and out, have to show our proof of vaccinations, fill out a Covid questionnaire every time we come, and wear masks the whole time we are in the building.
It was also weird in the new studio, not knowing where anything is, and what the procedures are/will be for everything (such as where can we put our pieces, how to buy clay, where are all the tools, what is protocol for glazing and firing now... etc.).
I did throw a bowl, not sure if it will be nice enough to keep. I felt on edge a bit, with all the strange procedures, everything being in weird places, walking through a gigantic building in dim lighting to get to the studio, and cleaning is going to be tough because the sinks are not close to where we work, and not a lot of water pressure.
I am very grateful for the chance to make it work. With time hopefully things will feel okay. I am very grateful for all the tremendous effort put into making this happen on part of the team from our group who did all the arrangements and the physical manifestation of the studio, and the hospital that gave us this space and make the changes like putting in sinks and making a room for the kilns.
Fairly warm today. Very pleasant weather.
I went in to town and got groceries. I talked to a person who I've known for a while now, who used to ride at the barn I used to go to. She isn't riding anymore because of money, and because she didn't feel like she was treated the same as the people who owned horses or leased lesson horses. I don't know if she'll take me up on it, but I told her I would love it if she wanted to come see River with me some time.
I went to the new pottery studio. The studio used to be in another building, and nearly three years ago that building was condemned and we had to shut everything down. It took time to find a new location, and things got stalled a fair bit, and then Covid shut it all down even once we found a new location. THEN, this winter, we got stalled again for several months because the elevator was broken in the building.
It was very surreal coming to the new studio as it is located in a very old building that is mainly a Senior's facility, so it feels like a hospital. The arts center (there is a wood working room and a weaving room as well as a pottery studio) is now on the fourth floor of this building.
Since it is in a care home, we have to sign in and out, have to show our proof of vaccinations, fill out a Covid questionnaire every time we come, and wear masks the whole time we are in the building.
It was also weird in the new studio, not knowing where anything is, and what the procedures are/will be for everything (such as where can we put our pieces, how to buy clay, where are all the tools, what is protocol for glazing and firing now... etc.).
I did throw a bowl, not sure if it will be nice enough to keep. I felt on edge a bit, with all the strange procedures, everything being in weird places, walking through a gigantic building in dim lighting to get to the studio, and cleaning is going to be tough because the sinks are not close to where we work, and not a lot of water pressure.
I am very grateful for the chance to make it work. With time hopefully things will feel okay. I am very grateful for all the tremendous effort put into making this happen on part of the team from our group who did all the arrangements and the physical manifestation of the studio, and the hospital that gave us this space and make the changes like putting in sinks and making a room for the kilns.
