Comments on: Nothing Has a Final Shape http://leili.org/blog/2010/03/04/nothing-has-a-final-shape/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:28:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Cheryl http://leili.org/blog/2010/03/04/nothing-has-a-final-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-78447 Cheryl Thu, 07 Jul 2011 20:55:29 +0000 http://leili.org/blog/?p=127#comment-78447 I thank you so much for sharing this post. Such a lesson for every artist and every heart. I thank you so much for sharing this post. Such a lesson for every artist and every heart.

]]> By: Leili http://leili.org/blog/2010/03/04/nothing-has-a-final-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-76216 Leili Thu, 05 May 2011 17:49:23 +0000 http://leili.org/blog/?p=127#comment-76216 I never knew that shards of the glass from weddings were used in mezzuzahs or ketubahs! So interesting! Love your insights, as ever, Negin. I never knew that shards of the glass from weddings were used in mezzuzahs or ketubahs! So interesting! Love your insights, as ever, Negin.

]]> By: Negin http://leili.org/blog/2010/03/04/nothing-has-a-final-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-76154 Negin Wed, 04 May 2011 03:06:28 +0000 http://leili.org/blog/?p=127#comment-76154 It makes me think of how in Jewish wedding ceremonies, there is a glass crushed underfoot (symbolic of the destruction of the temple, I think) but often times the broken glass bits are worked into something new - like a new mezuzah or the framed wedding prayer that is kept in the new couple's home. I like the idea that after being broken into shards, there may yet be a recycling/ reusing/ resurrecting to come. It makes me think of how in Jewish wedding ceremonies, there is a glass crushed underfoot (symbolic of the destruction of the temple, I think) but often times the broken glass bits are worked into something new – like a new mezuzah or the framed wedding prayer that is kept in the new couple’s home. I like the idea that after being broken into shards, there may yet be a recycling/ reusing/ resurrecting to come.

]]> By: Philip Blyth http://leili.org/blog/2010/03/04/nothing-has-a-final-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-68294 Philip Blyth Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:40:09 +0000 http://leili.org/blog/?p=127#comment-68294 oh Leili... a part of me is happy for you.................. (?!) a few years ago, in art school (interactive media design), I had an unrecoverable hard-drive crash, and lost _everything_ i'd created up until then. I was shell-shocked for a few hours but then found myself (much to my surprise) simply accepting it, and a feeling of calm came over me. I still miss all those interactive pieces / digital paintings / photographs dearly, but -- whereas my memory of my past is foggy -- I remember them all very clearly... Detachment sharpens the senses, like the fast... ;) PS: Please keep all those pieces!!! One day, you'll be able to crush them into the wet cement of your country home, Gaudi-style ;) oh Leili…
a part of me is happy for you……………… (?!)
a few years ago, in art school (interactive media design), I had an unrecoverable hard-drive crash, and lost _everything_ i’d created up until then. I was shell-shocked for a few hours but then found myself (much to my surprise) simply accepting it, and a feeling of calm came over me. I still miss all those interactive pieces / digital paintings / photographs dearly, but — whereas my memory of my past is foggy — I remember them all very clearly… Detachment sharpens the senses, like the fast… ;)

PS: Please keep all those pieces!!! One day, you’ll be able to crush them into the wet cement of your country home, Gaudi-style ;)

]]> By: golriz http://leili.org/blog/2010/03/04/nothing-has-a-final-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-65282 golriz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:03:49 +0000 http://leili.org/blog/?p=127#comment-65282 i have to admit, this post breaks my heart a little bit. i do not like the idea of your beautiful creations having an untimely end. which is why i am in awe of how you look past the surface situation to uncover a beautiful life lesson. x i have to admit, this post breaks my heart a little bit. i do not like the idea of your beautiful creations having an untimely end. which is why i am in awe of how you look past the surface situation to uncover a beautiful life lesson. x

]]> By: Shirin http://leili.org/blog/2010/03/04/nothing-has-a-final-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-62804 Shirin Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:30:13 +0000 http://leili.org/blog/?p=127#comment-62804 Love the concept of nothing having a final shape!! Love that your lack of resistance to the "changes and chances" of life allows you to see opportunities to continue to create beauty indiscriminately... Love the concept of nothing having a final shape!! Love that your lack of resistance to the “changes and chances” of life allows you to see opportunities to continue to create beauty indiscriminately…

]]> By: Elizabeth http://leili.org/blog/2010/03/04/nothing-has-a-final-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-62680 Elizabeth Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:03:30 +0000 http://leili.org/blog/?p=127#comment-62680 My gosh, I admire your serenity and detachment in the face of such craziness! But the way you approach it reminds me of Tibetan Buddhists and their sand paintings--intricate sand mandalas that take days to create, which they then sweep away at the end of it all. The idea of creating art for the process and the spiritual experience and remaining detached from the end product. I wish I could achieve that level of detachment in other areas of life. My gosh, I admire your serenity and detachment in the face of such craziness! But the way you approach it reminds me of Tibetan Buddhists and their sand paintings–intricate sand mandalas that take days to create, which they then sweep away at the end of it all. The idea of creating art for the process and the spiritual experience and remaining detached from the end product. I wish I could achieve that level of detachment in other areas of life.

]]> By: negar http://leili.org/blog/2010/03/04/nothing-has-a-final-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-62672 negar Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:44:52 +0000 http://leili.org/blog/?p=127#comment-62672 Those shards are beautiful. I want them! I'll take them just as they are. Those shards are beautiful. I want them! I’ll take them just as they are.

]]> By: Earl Egdall http://leili.org/blog/2010/03/04/nothing-has-a-final-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-62670 Earl Egdall Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:37:28 +0000 http://leili.org/blog/?p=127#comment-62670 last summer Jan and I were entertaining friends in a beach house on West Island, south of Fairhaven, MA. We were standing around the living room when all of a sudden, for no apparent reason, a ceramic pot broke in two. It was sitting on a table. No one was near the table. We were not moving around or singing or doing anything that could account for the breakage. We just stood there very puzzled. Could there have been some vibration we could not detect? Why that pot and nothing else? There didn't seem to be any way to explain it. So we shrugged. Later we replaced it as a gift to the owners of the place. They were just as surprised by this occurrence as we were. last summer Jan and I were entertaining friends in a beach house on West Island, south of Fairhaven, MA. We were standing around the living room when all of a sudden, for no apparent reason, a ceramic pot broke in two. It was sitting on a table. No one was near the table. We were not moving around or singing or doing anything that could account for the breakage. We just stood there very puzzled. Could there have been some vibration we could not detect? Why that pot and nothing else? There didn’t seem to be any way to explain it. So we shrugged. Later we replaced it as a gift to the owners of the place. They were just as surprised by this occurrence as we were.

]]> By: tgm http://leili.org/blog/2010/03/04/nothing-has-a-final-shape/comment-page-1/#comment-62669 tgm Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:28:44 +0000 http://leili.org/blog/?p=127#comment-62669 leili--love your response and reflections. you are amazing (can't say it often enough!). thank you for sharing. moving across the world makes me feel like unknowingly threw my pottery on the floor like a child who doesn't fully understand laws of physics...challenging but i'm waiting (with optimism) to see what the resulting terrazzo will look like. leili–love your response and reflections. you are amazing (can’t say it often enough!). thank you for sharing. moving across the world makes me feel like unknowingly threw my pottery on the floor like a child who doesn’t fully understand laws of physics…challenging but i’m waiting (with optimism) to see what the resulting terrazzo will look like.

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