What are the best pottery podcasts right now? Well that’s argumentative , but I will share my favorite podcasts with you.
Spoiler alert: they are all American podcasts. I listen to Dutch, German and English podcasts, but at the moment I only know podcasts about pottery and ceramics in the English language.
Why now a blog about pottery podcasts? Because in the current corona crisis it is good to also focus on other things. Stay tuned on the advice of of your government (RIVM in the Netherlands) to prevent the spread of the virus. When you’ve done that (and keep doing that) then there’s time for other things!
And what better way to spend your time than listening to podcasts about pottery, ceramics and ceramists around the world? If you are not yet a frequent listener of pottery podcasts, now is the time to start…
The coronavirus has taken over the world, including that of online ceramics. My mailbox is overflowing with cancellations. In the US, the international ceramics festival NCECA has been cancelled, many museums in Europe are closed and cultural life has also been paused in my neck of the woods, the Netherlands.
I find it a strange sensation, when I wake up I hear the birds singing in the garden. The dunnock is whistling at the top of his lungs until he is chased away by a screaming robin. The blackbird does not bother and cheerfully sings uninterrupted on top of my roof. Spring has begun!
But the streets are quiet, the shelves empty in the supermarket. I notice that it also influenced my work ethics.. and not in a good way.
How do you break from this negative spiral? Just go back to work and follow transgalactic advice!
