PLEASE ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF,

I’M A MAN OF CLAY AND GLAZE

PUSHED MUD AROUND FOR SEVENTY YEARS

OR TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DAYS.

Robin Hopper is a man of many parts, mostly worn out, rusty or dysfunctional, due to a lifetime of excesses! He started working with clay at the age of three and is still doing it over 70 years later. His lengthy, peripatetic career as a mudpusher has included side trips into working as a Professional Actor, Stage Designer, Property Maker, Stage Manager, Stage Carpenter, Grocer, Greengrocer, Jazz Musician, Teapot, Wine and Beer-Bottle, Trumpet, Trombone and Bugle Player, European Travel Guide, Founder of Several Clay/Art/Craft Organizations, Alchemist, Geologist, Primatologist, Linguist, Ornithologist, Botanist, Ceramic Historian, Educator, Author, Garden Designer, Lecturer on Japanese Garden Design, Laborer and Star of Stage, Screen and Potter’s Wheel!

Monday, January 2, 2012

ANYONE CAN BE COOL, BUT AWESOME TAKES PRACTICE (LORRAINE PETERSON)




WHAT IS THIS BLOG ABOUT?????
 YESTERDAY I TOLD YOU THAT TODAY I WOULD TELL YOU WHAT I’M PLANNING WITH THIS DAILY BLOG.  IT WILL BE A DIVERSE COLLECTION OF TOPICS FROM A BUSY AND DIVERSE PERSONAL JOURNEY. IT  WITH A CENTRAL THREAD OF MY LIFE STORY AS AN ARTIST, OVER 70 YEARS, WHEN I FIRST FOUND CLAY AT THE AGE OF THREE, A PERSONAL GIFT FROM ADOLPH HITLER DURING WW ll.

I PLAN IT TO BE INFORMATIVE,  FUNNY, PROFOUND, POSSIBLY PROFANE, PHILOSOPHICAL, PRACTICAL, VISIONARY,  TEAR-JERKING, THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND MANY OTHER AREAS NOT YET IN MIND.  AT PRESENT  I HAVE MANY FOLDERS OF DIVERSE TOPICS THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED THROUGH MY LENGTHY LIFE.

DAILY TOPICS WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN RANDOM ORDER:

PHILOSOPHY: PEOPLE: ANIMALS: ART: EDUCATION: BOOKS: MUSIC: HEALTH:  DEPENDS: THEATER: PETER PAN: MEN ARE SO STUPID SOMETIMES: GARDEN: CLAYART: GHOST STORIES: HERESY: LIGHT: MADNESS: PATS AND KUDOS:  THE BEATLES: T-SHIRTS: SYMBOLS AND METAPHOR: TRAVEL: TWINS: UPLIFT: VAN GOGH: WRITING: WORK:

I HOPE YOU WILL COME WITH ME ON THIS WINDING AND WELL-ILLUSTRATED JOURNEY THROUGH THE WILDERNESS AND WILDNESS OF LIFE IN THE FAST LANE,


SEE YOU TOMORROW,  
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6 comments:

  1. sheapotteryJanuary 2, 2012 at 8:37 AM

    First piece of advice: Lower case letters. ALL CAPITALS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF SHOUTING. It turns people off.

    I'm looking forward to reading what you have to say.

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  2. gzJanuary 2, 2012 at 11:11 AM

    I like the Capital letters- nice and clear!

    Roll on tomorrow!!

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  3. Irene A. LawsonJanuary 2, 2012 at 11:31 AM

    Just spent two days in Victoria, relaxing with my husband after a very busy holiday season of sales and studio work. Enjoyed the night lights at Butchart, walked through twice in the pouring rain, so beautiful.

    Ached to visit you at your studio, hope to see you another time when you are feeling better.

    Best wishes in the new year, looking forward to your continuing posts.

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  4. Ellen MulliganJanuary 2, 2012 at 9:26 PM

    Oh, I am going to enjoy this sooo much! Thank you, and Happy New Year!

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  5. smartcatJanuary 3, 2012 at 4:20 AM

    This is going to be fun! I'm looking forward to all you have to say!

    Felicitations for a Joyous 2012!

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  6. Michèle HastingsJanuary 3, 2012 at 4:12 PM

    welcome to blogger, i look forward to following along!

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