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What You Find Is What You Bring
A young couple once set out in search of a new town to call home. As they arrived at the outskirts of one, they spotted an old man...
russell wrankle
Mar 115 min read
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The Last Person on Earth
Below is an article I wrote in my email Newsletter for www.shapetheorycollective.com, an online ceramics gallery that I founded a little...
russell wrankle
Jun 6, 20233 min read
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Social Media and Your Soul
My dad was a gardener to the stars in Palm Springs, CA. At least half of his clients lived in the gated community of Southridge. If...
russell wrankle
Apr 2, 20237 min read
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The Trough of Despair
Anyone who has ever created something, whether it’s a painting, poetry, a business, or a sculpture, understands that in the beginning of...
russell wrankle
Nov 22, 20223 min read
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A Message on Community
Since Cedar City, Utah was in the news last week for some unseemly behavior by a few young people, I'd like to bring balance to our...
russell wrankle
Nov 11, 20223 min read
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I Made This and It's Good
About eight months ago, after a long pandemic shut down I finally emerged to host a two day workshop at Northern Arizona University in...
russell wrankle
Sep 13, 20223 min read
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The Spector of Death
I've been thinking about death a lot these days. At 58, I'm more than half way to my grave, my end date is approaching. If all goes well,...
russell wrankle
Aug 17, 20222 min read
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All We Can Do is Prolong Her Life
It was after a well-woman visit at Planned Parenthood. There was a lump and the nurse practitioner recommended a doctor. The next week,...
russell wrankle
Oct 27, 20214 min read
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More than One Right Answer
Making art is confusing because there is always more than one right answer. This is difficult for students, and a challenge to teach. We...
russell wrankle
Aug 3, 20211 min read
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The Middle School Mile
I'm reminded of the following story because Ella, my youngest daughter, is running the mile in her middle school gym class. She hates it,...
russell wrankle
Apr 6, 20214 min read
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My Masculinity
Last night, Brynn had a friend over who is working at a construction job. His task is cleaning up around the construction site, and I...
russell wrankle
Mar 18, 20214 min read
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Throw Back to "I Quit"
Below is a blog that I wrote nine years ago when I quit making pottery. The teapots shown in this post were never finished and I never...
russell wrankle
Jan 9, 20213 min read
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No Do-Overs
When my kids were young, it's was easy to pride myself on being a good dad because the feedback I got was that I was fabulous in every...
russell wrankle
Dec 31, 20202 min read
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The Problem with WIP
I showed some students this piece the other day and some saw a rabbit, it reminded others of sprouting leaves and still others said it...
russell wrankle
Dec 17, 20201 min read
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Envy and the Zeitgeist
I started making animals in grad school when I discovered the Dogs of Colima, Northwestern, Mexico, during a pre-Columbian art history...
russell wrankle
Dec 10, 20203 min read
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A Pandemic Letter to my Students
This semester was weird, and I know it's not quite over since we're now online, but I like closure. During the last critique on the...
russell wrankle
Dec 4, 20204 min read
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That Time When I was a Fundementalist
I used to be embarrassed about being a Mormon missionary. I never talked about it. If you know anything about Mormonism, you know that...
russell wrankle
Nov 25, 20203 min read
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There is no reason why I should be a College Professor
There's no reason why I should be an academic. At least that's what you would say if you knew me during my high school years. Back then,...
russell wrankle
Nov 19, 20203 min read
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Do The Thing That You Fear?
I made these two pieces in 2016, for a two-person show titled "Ordinary Opposites" with artist Ben Ahlvers at NCECA in Kansas City,...
russell wrankle
Oct 29, 20202 min read
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The Obstacle is the Way, Book Review (Kinda)
The Obstacle Is The Way, by Ryan Holiday is written primarily for entrepreneurs and business people, but it could just as well be written...
russell wrankle
Oct 17, 20205 min read
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