Page 191 - Constructing Craft

Nicholas Brandon: Photo: New Zealand Potter.

The metaphor of the child aptly described the hard work that Brandon had put into

learning his craft. This was the antithesis of the image the public had of hippies –
who were generally considered as feckless and lazy. However, Brandon could still

express himself in terms that might have, in the minds of many, located him firmly in
the hippie camp. Describing his philosophy he wrote:

The only constant thing in this world is change.
The task of finding yourself is luckily never ending.

You can’t express yourself
29
until you know yourself

You can’t know yourself
until you lose yourself

Lose yourself in your work
30
and you will discover yourself

Constructing Craft