{"id":16345,"date":"2013-07-30T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2013\/07\/30\/the-ceramics-teacher-announced-on-opening-day-that\/"},"modified":"2013-07-30T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T15:34:00","slug":"the-ceramics-teacher-announced-on-opening-day-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2013\/07\/30\/the-ceramics-teacher-announced-on-opening-day-that\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups.
\nAll those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality.
\nHis procedure was simple: on the final day of class he would bring in his bathroom scales and weigh the work of the \u201cquantity\u201d group: 50 pounds of pots rated an \u201cA\u201d, 40 pounds a \u201cB\u201d, and so on.
\nThose being graded on \u201cquality\u201d, however, needed to produce only one pot \u2014 albeit a perfect one \u2014 to get an \u201cA\u201d.
\nWell, came grading time and a curious fact emerged: the works of highest quality were all produced by the group being graded for quantity.
\nIt seems that while the \u201cquantity\u201d group was busily churning out piles of work-and learning from their mistakes \u2014 the \u201cquality\u201d group had sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end had little more to show for their efforts than grandiose theories and a pile of dead clay.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Art and Fear- David Bayles and Ted Orland (via qweety<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Perfection is intimidating.\u00a0 I think most artists blocks come from the fear of creating something imperfect.<\/p>\n

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The ceramics teacher announced on opening day that he was dividing the class into two groups. All those on the left side of the studio, he said, would be graded solely on the quantity of work they produced, all those on the right solely on its quality. His procedure was simple: on the final day … <\/p>\n

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