Category Archives: Musings

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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Mary Oliver’s "The Summer Day"

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Lynne Yamaguchi

The Summer Day Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean— the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is eating sugar out … 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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“Trees, Wood, and People”

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Lynne Yamaguchi

Check out this article written by UK woodturner Brian Clifford, called “Trees, Wood, and People”: http://www.turningtools.co.uk/trees/trees2.html. He examines the role of trees in the development of human culture—from the very evolution of Homo sapiens—and the close relationship humanity has to … Continue reading →

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YouTube surprise

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Lynne Yamaguchi

Look what my sister found on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbp2_0huciE! Apparently, someone I’ve never heard of, a California artist named Brandon Teris, found my “Imagine a World without Art” essay and made a video of it. It’s fascinating for me to see … 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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