Keith Olsen

"the only war that matters is the war against the imagination." --Diane DiPrima
.
.
.
Handmade Ceramic Mug in Ice Blue
.
.
#unconditionallove #lifeislove #handmade #dancingmanpottery #functionalart #ceramics #corvallisfallfestival #northsideopenstudiostour #makersgonnamake #corvallisart

Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, set to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission

“This is information that the taxpayers have already paid for,” said @relindsey.bsky.social. “This administration is trying to hide it and take it away from us. It’s an abuse of government. It’s a waste of resources. People should be indignant.”

Meet @climate.us:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Pasta bowls for a commission. Faceted rims.

"She explored ever deeper into the interior, till one day she stood under a great dome among columns, the heart of the forest, and knew: Lost. She had achieved a mysterious world where any direction would yield only surprise." --William Stafford
.
#ceramics #art #wheelthrown #unconditionallove

Handmade mug in Hot Orchid

"As you dissolve into love, your ego fades. You're not thinking about loving; you're just being love, radiating like the sun." --Ram Dass
.
#ceramics #handmade #dancingmanpottery #art #lifeislove #unconditionallove #wheelthrown #beauty #functionalart #pottery

I used to work with Federal scientists using the EOS satellites. The records go back to the 70s with the MSS missions. It's so important to have this record of change of the Earth's ecosystems. These missions are priceless. :(

@corvallisnost.bsky.social

Be good, but if you cannot be good... Be careful. --Gramdma Green

More fun things you will find at my studio sale this weekend. Mugs! Mixing bowl sets! Poetry bowls!
@northsidestudiotours

#northsidestudiotours #art #handmade #ceramics #functionalart #corvallisartwalk #wheelthrown #unconditionallove #dragonflies #spring

Hey, it's my birthday too. Happy birthday!

One finger cups in Hot Orchid, Lavender Lupine, and Cobalt Blue

I must have been thinking about spring when I made these a few months ago.
.
Visit the Northside Open Studios Tour in Corvallis April 26th and 27th.
.
#unconditionallove #dancingmanpottery #northsideopenstudiostour #artwalk #handmade #ceramics #art #wheelthrown #corvallisart #functionalart

Love this design. Gorgeous! 😍

Available at the Northside Open Studios Tour in Corvallis April 26th and 27th. 10am to 4pm. Come say hi. I'm at location H.

I love how these translucent glazes create a dreamy feel. Dragonflies in the long grass in the late afternoon.

#northsideopenstudiostour #dancingmanpottery #functionalart #functionalceramics #corvallisartswalk #corvallisart #art #handcrafted #handmadeceramics #handmade #wheelthrown #dragonflies

I think the speaker should say "grow up" if that is what they mean. Our culture at large has enshitified masculinity to the point nobody knows what it means. In the vacuum, the right is using the situation to say ... "See the left hates men" (which is totally not the case)

As an older man I totally agree we need to just be (and focus on) being good humans. I worry about younger men finding their way in a world that uses masculinity as a battering ram to protect predators like Andrew Tate. Every time you hear "be a man" or "man up" it reopens that original wound.

Platter in Nassau blue and Tumeric. Available at the Northside Open Studios Tour April 26th and 27th

"Let the soup simmer
with the lid on.
Be quiet." --Rumi
.
Platter in Nassau blue and Tumeric matte.
.
#unconditionallove #lifeislove #beherenow #dancingmanpottery #northsideopenstudiostour #makersgonnamake #handmade #handcrafted #corvallisart

New life.

It was a wildly creative movie. Just like this painting. ♥️

Darkness is so often a metaphor for fear and ignorance, but it's also a place to trust unknowing, and of course, a place to see the beauty of the stars.

Text

Correct. If the birthdate field contains corrupt or mismatched data, it defaults to 1875-05-20, which serves as a flag. May 20, 1875, is the day the international standards and metrics treaty was signed. Everything is a conspiracy when you don’t know how anything works.

Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare.

Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”

We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽

Bravo. I think Medicare for all is the right issue. It puts money in the hands of the American people and makes the oligarchs nervous. Dems need to get on the train and support something worth fighting for

I stopped taking the NY times seriously back in 2003 when they kept pumping the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq story long after it had been discredited. Their agenda was not to inform, rather to feed the war machine.

Large urns bisque fired and ready to glaze

Glazing day. I usually try to glaze everything in one day, but it's so easy to ruin a great pot with sloppy glazing. Also, the point of creating for me is to listen better. 🍃
.
#dancingmanpottery #unconditionallove #beherenow #ceramics #functionalceramics #makers #handcrafted #handmade #corvallisart

Mapmakers pondering what to do about Trump's geographic renaming plans Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of…

Map lines are inherently political. After all, they’re representations of the places that are important to human beings — and those priorities can be delicate and contentious, even more so in a globalized world where multiple nations often share the same maps.

@kindredsparrow.bsky.social

YouTube video by The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart Jon Stewart & AOC Take On Trump’s Comeback and Rebuilding the Democratic Party | The Weekly Show

Watch the full episode on YouTube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eehe...

Love the colors and dreamy feel of this one

Large cup with one finger handle. Spring green with dragonflies in the long grass

"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope" --Dr Martin Luther King Jr
.
#dancingmanpottery #unconditionallove #lifeislove #functionalart #handmadeceramics #corvallisart #makersmovement #ceramics #handcrafted #art #mlk #pottery #beherenow