Category Archives: Musings

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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Heartwood

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Lynne Yamaguchi

As I mentioned a couple of posts ago, last month I prepared (and gave) a talk for the docents of the Tucson Museum of Art, on woodturning as an artform. Besides giving a brief history of artistic turning, I described … Continue reading →

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Thanks to you all

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Lynne Yamaguchi

This has been an amazing year, full of blessings and dislocation and pain and healing and promise and opportunity and redemption. Most of all, it has been a year of realizing how much support I continually receive from all of … Continue reading →

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Courage

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Lynne Yamaguchi

This post falls under the “and more” subject of this blog (“A weblog about woodturning, artmaking, and more”). I like to think myself courageous in the face of any challenge, but I’ve recently had to learn a new kind of … Continue reading →

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Art, beauty, truth, language

Posted on December 30, 2007 by Lynne Yamaguchi

I continually revisit questions about the nature of art and artmaking, and I’ve been pondering them a lot lately. Although I do embrace what Mary Oliver says in her poem “The Swan” (see my post for July 31) and although … Continue reading →

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A rejoinder

Posted on July 31, 2007 by Lynne Yamaguchi

I found a perfect rejoinder to my question of whether beauty is enough. It is a poem by Mary Oliver, from her 2005 collection Why I Wake Early. The Swan Did you too see it, drifting, all night, on the … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, July 17

Posted on July 18, 2007 by Lynne Yamaguchi

Today was a fairly quiet, intensive work day. Lesya came in not to dance but to carve waves for Siegfried’s collaborative wave piece. Sadly, there were misunderstandings early on in the communication process for this collaboration, and Sean and Jean-François … Continue reading →

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Hello, world!

Posted on April 16, 2007 by Lynne Yamaguchi

Well, now that I have my template set up, I guess it’s time to start writing. I created this blog primarily to document the International Turning Exchange in Philadelphia (ITE) this summer, but since I’ve gone through the trouble to … Continue reading →

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