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Speaker: real quick before we get started did you know that the questions that we asked are going to determine what our pottery is going to look like and it's going to determine what our voice is going to look like that's why I created 15 questions that you can use right now to start discovering your own unique voice go to shapingyourpottery .com forward slash questions to get this free booklet
Speaker: If you love pottery and want to take your skills to the next level, you're in the right place. Find your own pottery style right here on Shaping Your Pottery with Nick Torres. Let's get started.
Speaker: Does your pottery communicate better than it did a year ago, a month ago, or even a week ago? What is up, everybody? This is Nick Torres here. And on this episode of Shaping Your Pottery, I'm going to be talking about, are you making progress with your pottery? Does your work communicate better than it did in the past? You know, when I was first venturing out into pottery on my own, and I tell the story a lot, but I'm telling it again, when I was first
Speaker: venturing out into part of it on my own. The one thing I had in my mind was to make a lot of mugs so that I can sell them. And I was only focused on one thing. I wasn't focused on the actual style of the pot. I was only focused on trying to sell my pottery.
Speaker: And in doing so, I ended up learning a lot of things along the way, being that I shouldn't be focusing solely on trying to sell my pottery. Because when you solely try to focus on trying to sell your pottery, then what begins to happen is you're not actually trying to build up your skills. You're not actually trying to make the pottery that you know is going to bring out your true voice. You're not beginning to make progress.
Speaker: And while it took me a long time to know that, to learn that, I guess that mindset of just improving 1 % at a time, it still holds true today. And it's important to look back at your old work, your old past work, maybe from a year ago, a month ago, five years ago, whatever it is, it's important to go look back at those work and look at your current work now. Because what begins to happen is you can start seeing a little bit of patterns in your work.
Speaker: whether it's communicating better or whether it's not communicating better. Because if you can ask yourself the question, does my pottery communicate better than it did a year ago, a month ago, or a week ago, and you can answer that question with a yes, with a foolhardly yes, then you are well on your way to finding your voice a lot better. But if the answer is no, then what is it that you are doing that isn't communicating better?
Speaker: What are you doing to try to make it communicate better? You know, maybe right now what you are making is looks almost exactly the same as you were making a year ago. I don't think that is making progress at all. If you're making the exact same thing you were making a year ago, then that's not really progress. You have to be willing to get uncomfortable, get uncomfortable so that you can start making that progress. Finding your voice is all about
Speaker: making progress with your pottery. It's not about finding the magic bullet, it's not finding about the magic pot of gold so you can find your own unique voice, your own unique style all in one shot. It's about taking those little actions to try to improve your pottery and to make progress with it. And I ask you again the question, does your pottery communicate better than it did a year ago or a month ago or a week ago or even five years ago?
Speaker: Go look back at your old pottery and look at your present pottery right now and try to see if it looks better, if it is communicating a little bit better, if it is getting closer to your vision or if it's getting further away. And if it's getting closer, great, stick onto that path. Continue that path because you know it's working, then you're gonna keep on doing it. But if it's not communicating better, what you need to do is reevaluate your plan.
Speaker: You may have a plan right now that you have been sticking to, but if your vision is getting further and further away or you're not making any progress, then your plan isn't working. You need to pivot. You need to make a new plan. You need to make a new plan so you can get closer to making progress, closer to making your vision come to life. Again, always be making progress and you're just one pot away.
Speaker: from finding your voice, finding your pottery voice. Hope you guys enjoyed this episode and I'll see you guys in the next one.
Speaker: Thanks for listening to this episode of Shaping Your Pottery with Nick Torres. If you want to start discovering your own unique voice, you must first start with the right questions. That's why I put together a free 15 question booklet for you to start discovering your own unique pottery voice. All you have to do is go to shapingyourpottery .com forward slash questions to get this free booklet.
