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Friday, July 10, 2009

Learning Curves

Even though this article by outdoor adventurer and author Mark Jenkins is about mountain climbing, karate, and and cross county skiing, it nicely sums up the right way to approach making pots on the wheel:

Learning Curves

From page 5:

Here's a rule I try to remember: Rushing is almost always wrong. Rushing robs you of the charm of the moment. To rush is to have your mind always out ahead of your body, which is so unnatural that stupid mistakes are inevitable. The opposite of hurrying is not slow, but swift. To be swift you must be efficient. Efficiency in the outdoors is a form of mindfulness. It's about focus and having the knowledge and ability to make the right moves—and that requires experience, which, alas, takes time.

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