MOOD LIGHTING

Now before anyone says anything, yes, I realize I had posted this teabowl up on my blog before but today the sun was a most cooperative part of an ongoing dialogue that I am having with this teabowl by Jack Troy. Every turn of the bowl, changing light source and particular mood of the sun affects the surface and allows nuances and subtleties to renew an invigorated conversation to take place. With today's encounter, small crystals of iron, fine and exotic micro-crazing and the depth and extent of the green ash cloaking the surface and cradled in nocks and crannies of the bowl paint an entirely new landscape narrative that adds even more contemplative depth to the piece. As I look at the teabowl today and now the photo, I can't help but think about the age old real estate adage; "location, location, location" which I think at many levels applies to how and where we display our pots creating an endlessly changing aesthetic before your very eyes.