"Working within the self-imposed discipline of a particular form eases the prospect of having to reinvent yourself with each new piece." An approach I could well use.
I don't throw for a while and when I do sit down at the wheel I find that I have to back up a bit and relearn the mostly automatic movements that lift a cylinder and thin a wall. When I do 'get it' again I think, 'Yes, that is what works for me'. When I do spend time making mugs or bowls I do relearn what it takes to make a mug or bowl. Sadly I move on to making something else using some other technique and need to relearn what it takes to 'do' that technique.
It would be best, obviously, if I could/would stay with one method or technique but that does not seem to be me. At 70 I am beginning to realize that this is who I am...not neat, not focused, not disciplined, but the opposites whatever they are and that is okay! I mostly have fun being me not that other person I always thought I would grow up to be.
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