The Knapsack

The Knapsack by Linda Starr
stoneware, stain, slip, 2 x 6 x 2 inches

Why do I blog? I've been thinking about the reason I blog off and on. But I could never quite put words to the why. I started blogging because I wanted to learn all I could about clay. I wanted to learn from other artists and share and get feedback on my work from others.

Over the last few years I've learned a lot about pottery, about other potters, about other artists, about other bloggers, and about other people from all over the world. I've learned of successes and failures in life and artistic endeavors, I've learned about the trials and happiness of raising children, loosing and getting jobs, moving, retiring, and living. I've also learned about loss, sickness, hardship, even death.

Along the way I've learned about me. I'm a private and shy person. One of those people who would be content to live on an island by myself, at least I used to be, not any more. I blog because I've learned to share a little about myself with the world. I've learned to open up the knapsack I carry around and show a little of what's inside.


The knapsack is something we all carry around I guess. It contains our hopes and dreams, our thoughts, our goals, our lives. I get to glimpse inside other's knapsacks when I read their blogs and folks get to glimpse inside my knapsack when they read mine.


The knapsack I made today is a maquette for a larger one I intend to make. I made the knapsack because of three bums or hobos which I'll tell you about soon. I'm proud to be included in Clay and Blogs, Telling a Story:

Arts Council of Moore County
Campbell House Gallery
482 East Connecticut Ave.
Southern Pines, NC 28388
Show opens October 1st
reception from 6 to 8 pm
Exhibition through the end of the month.

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