Category Archives: Artmaking

Three rules

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Lynne Yamaguchi

The day that the Daily Star article on me came out, this happened to be the poem of the day on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac web site: “Whittling: The Last Class,” by John Stone. Here is an excerpt of my … Continue reading →

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Brené Brown at TED

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Lynne Yamaguchi

This speaks to me tonight. To make great art requires deep vulnerability. I love what she says is the original definition of courage: “to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.” Thanks to Michael Bungay Stanier … Continue reading →

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Fun in the studio

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Lynne Yamaguchi

I had fun in the studio today. I resumed turning postsurgery three weeks ago, but I have spent only a few days here and there during those weeks actually turning, including two days of open studio. Today was the first … Continue reading →

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I want . . .

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Lynne Yamaguchi

. . . my work to break your heart open.

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Beauty

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Lynne Yamaguchi

I have quoted from Joan Chittister in my blog before. She writes evocatively about beauty and artmaking. The following is from “Thirst for Beauty, Thirst for Soul,” the essay that introduces the book Creation out of Clay: The Ceramic Art … Continue reading →

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From Rilke’s Book of Hours

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Lynne Yamaguchi

My sister sent me this poem by Rainer Maria Rilke, from his Book of Hours, translated by Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy. It speaks to me deeply. “Go to the limits of your longing,” indeed: God speaks to each of … Continue reading →

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Martha Graham

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Lynne Yamaguchi

I have to share a profound quotation from dancer and choreographer Martha Graham that my friend and fellow artist Shirley Wagner just shared with me: There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through … Continue reading →

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“The beauty that changes the soul of the world . . .”

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Lynne Yamaguchi

Another quotation, this one from “Thirst for Beauty, Thirst for Soul” by Joan Chittister, in Creation out of Clay: the Ceramic Art and Writings of Brother Thomas “What we do not nourish within ourselves cannot exist in the world around … Continue reading →

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The Artist and Monk Are One

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Lynne Yamaguchi

The following quote is from “The Monastic Spirit and the Pursuit of Everlasting Beauty,” by Joan Chittister, in The Journey and the Gift: The Ceramic Art of Brother Thomas: If, indeed, truth is beauty and beauty truth, then the monastic … Continue reading →

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Imagine a world without art

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Lynne Yamaguchi

It wouldn’t be a world without beauty, because—face it—we’re surrounded by more beauty in nature than we mortals could ever create. And it wouldn’t be a world without creativity, because humans survive by solving problems, and solving problems requires creativity. … Continue reading →

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