Brother, can you spare......some time?

Lately I have been feeling overwhelmed with not enough time in the day to do all the things I want and need to do. It seems by the time I finish with the things I am required to do in order to maintain my existence (work, eat, pay bills, etc…) there is little left in the day to do much else. I find the time I have to do this things I am passionate about and the things that make my existence worth living are relegated to the “I will get to it tomorrow pile”. I understand this is the basics of adulting but who makes these rules anyway?

I often feel like “the system” is rigged to make us miserable. We often have to spend the bulk of our time doing things we don’t want to do in order to survive. I can’t help but feel that we are often left in a state of amnesia and numbness in the grind of 9 to 5. Sometimes we forget who we are and this world does little to encourage us to remember. It’s time to remember and remind the world who they are dealing with.

I think making your passions a priority is the key to happiness and the basis for living a fulfilling life. So, I earnestly ask, not only myself, but for others to remember. Remember that person you were before the world, experience and obligations beat you into submission? Yes, find that person again even if it only exists in the smallest whisper of a distance memory. It’s there waiting, patiently, for you to remember too. Nurture and nourish those things that get negated to the “be realistic” pile. Forget about playing it small. The scraps you settle for now will not sustain you but only serve to slowly starve you. Stand up and poke the world in its over inflated chest and introduce yourself formally and once again. Reclaim your humanity and your sense of eudaimonia before it is too late.

Have a great Monday! I’ve posted some pictures of one thing I am passionate about and would love to have more time to do. However, at least today, I found the time to write (another thing I am passionate about). So I guess I am doing okay. I hope you are too. Enjoy the images of some of my passionate creations! :)

Kobie (AKA Existential Hippy)

*(Some textured lines added to some keepsake jars)

*(Some of my glazed pieces )

*(These are some mini-laterns thrown on thw wheel, trimmed and hand carved)

*(These are some pieces that are fresh off the wheel that still need to be trimmed)

*(Wine Goblets and mugs)

*(Glazed and Graphic tape Mug)

*( Glazed Mug)