New stuff soon

I've not shown my core work from the Anagama class yet because I'm waiting for the show to open on the 2nd of July. I didn't want any of my coworkers to see it so they'd go to the show. I've also been trying to come up with a sort of artist's statement to go along with the work to help describe it; so far nothing quite right on that front, which is a little bit problematic if I want to go to grad school ... gotta learn to express myself verbally, though part of me wonders wether thats a redundant thing; I feel like in a lot of cases art is a means to describe something without words, or because words aren't enough. Perhaps a statement is moreso meant to describe the circumstances leading up to the expression that is art, a cue in the right direction, in order to force the viewer to see the work in the right light ... I dunno

Its particularly hard with personal work to describe it to others; during my critique I felt naked and exposed, and the act of talking about the work seemed superfluous and painful. 

Lately i've been throwing 25lbs of clay, with decent results, as I've been taking a class with Jim Dugan about throwing large, but I'm filled with doubts as to my reason for pursuing this particular skill - the prior statement effectively exhausted the built vessel as a metaphor ... what is its purpose now?

Tomorrow I set up the show, and I'm super excited!