The Stephen Pearce Story

LOVE IS

Stephen Pearce — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:30:13 +0000

Most of the great mystics from every tradition seem to stick with this simple statement and go no further. The best interpretation I can put on it is that love is a passive context in which stuff happens. A bit like a big bubble, as in a BIIIIIIIG bubble, which contains the whole universe. And this invisible quality, a bit like oxygen in the air, we breathe it in continually and if we will stop worrying for a moment and just be present with our self then this wonderful love quality is always part of us.

For me I love you and You love me is bullshit. Love is not an active quality. There is no such thing as an act of love, there is only acting in the context of love (as above). Occasionally I see people who are simply in the context of love. They just are, and take it for granted without any effort.

When I was a young man falling in love took the form of a campaign to capture the attention of a girl that I really fancied and combine with many strategies of wooing – I thought this was love because that was what society had taught me. But it was simply manipulation, control and fear of being on my own. The love game that we play is a great game and I really enjoyed it. The only point is that it is a game, and not love. So armed with this really valuable information and knowing that love is and that you can neither make it happen nor destroy it when it does happen then knowing full well that most of the time you are dragging your plough through a barren wasteland, be ready for that rare moment when you are sitting with an open mind looking into the eyes of someone who seems the most amazing person in the world to you that you don’t have to do anything. Love takes care of itself and you at the same time. Enjoy.

The importance of sex

Stephen Pearce — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:11:04 +0000

Earlier today I wrote about Relationship. Now it’s the turn of Sex and later in the day I will cover Love.

I have heard it said that sex is very over-rated. It seems to me that whoever said that is missing the point. In my life sex has been the most confusing and the most exhilarating of all experiences. You know when you’re going there with someone new all of the embarrassment and uncertainty and fear, and yet when you have the courage to keep going it is possible to arrive at an amazing place.

Something that always amazes me is how many delicious and beautiful women think that they are overweight. You don’t take into account those exotic love handles that so excite us men! In French they are called ‘Poignets d’amour‘, ‘Chichitos‘ in Spanish, and my favourite is the Italian… ‘Maniglie dell’amore‘!

If you simply want to kiss it is ‘Bisou‘ in French, ‘Beso‘ in Spanish and ‘Bacci‘ in Italian.

Now that we are fully blown Europeans it is important that we should be acquainted with these important words. There are many other exciting possibilities which I will leave til next year.

If life has been kind enough to lead you to other doors that you feel the need to add to this list, please feel free – I’m a great learner. I look forward to covering Love this afternoon – it should be easier and less embarrassing.

Why do I write such things? Well I suppose it’s the thrill of going very close to the line. What line?! An unspoken line that make a lot of conversation and society really boring.

Red Hot Passion

Stephen Pearce — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:47:15 +0000

As a man whose life is driven by various passions I want to add 3 blog posts today on the subject of Love, Relationship and Sex. So roll up your sleeves and prepare to participate!

I salute and celebrate lovers everywhere. Whatever the nature of your passion and love I celebrate it with you. I spend as much time as possible with my masseur who is an incredibly passionate man in terms of the body and spirit and the well-being of everything both on this planet and over the edge. He has been giving me various crystals and fancy stones for years and I really haven’t related very well to them. But recently he gave me a huge rock and in the morning I hold it between my hands and feel a connection that I have never felt before which leads me to wonder if our human relationship to trees and rocks is perhaps as profound as our relationship with another human being. Imagine the simplicity and satisfaction and ease of having a relationship with a rock rather than another human being! Yeah I know we would miss all those delicious, soft, little bits and bumps but the mental tranquility definitely calls for exploration.

That was all an idea. The reality is that I am married to an extraordinary woman who is so kind and generous and gentle in all of my blunderings that I can only give thanks for being so lucky. In a couple of hours when I have regrouped I will take love from a different angle.

Looking forward to meeting you then.

XXXX Stephen

Blasts from the past…

Stephen Pearce — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:27:25 +0000

Every so often we do a quick search on the internet for ‘Stephen Pearce Pottery’ or other brand related terms just to see what’s going on out there. Everytime we do it we seem to unearth something different from the past.

Here are two of today’s offerings that I remember fondly…

Architectural Digest Visits Angela Lansbury

The house was designed with the help of Stephen Pearce, a close friend of the actress’s, whose home nearby provided the inspiration for hers.

(AD, June 2007)

A postcard from: Stephen Pearce

(Irish Independent, January 2009)

Shipping Department Closed Thursday 22 December – Monday 2nd January 2012

Stephen Pearce — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:52:35 +0000

We can no longer guarantee delivery for Christmas.

Our last shipping day is Thursday, 22 December.

We will resume shipping again in the New Year on Monday 2nd January 2012.

We wish you a very very Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year.

Thank you for your custom.

from us all at

the Stephen Pearce Pottery

Showroom and Tea Room opening hours through Christmas/New Year

Stephen Pearce — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:11:13 +0000

Christmas Eve	10am-4pm
Christmas Day	CLOSED
St Stephen’s Day	CLOSED
Tuesday December 27th	10am-5pm
Wednesday December 28th	10am-5pm
Thursday December 29th	10am-5pm
Friday December 30th	10am-5pm
New Years Eve	10am-2pm
New Years Day	CLOSED
Monday 2nd January	11am-5pm
Tuesday 3rd January	10am-5pm

LAST DATES FOR POSTAL ORDERS!

Stephen Pearce — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:22:32 +0000

IRELAND AND NORTHERN IRELAND: WEDNESDAY 21ST DECEMBER

UNITED KINGDOM: TUESDAY 20TH DECEMBER

FRANCE: SUNDAY 18TH DECEMBER

REST OF EUROPE: WEDNESDAY 14TH DECEMBER

REST OF WORLD: FRIDAY 2ND DECEMBER

¡LAST TAPAS EVENING OF 2011! Featuring a new ‘rustic’ style… Friday 16th Dec

Stephen Pearce — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:14:49 +0000

This Friday evening (16th December, 5.30-9pm) will be our last Tapas evening of 2011. We will be serving a new rustic style – just as delicious as before but even larger portion sizes to suit Christmas appetites! Bring your friends along, tell your family – this will be a great warm up for the festivities to come with an amazing selection of tasty bites and wine.

Bottle of red for €12 bottle/€2 glass, or bring your own if you like. Thank you to everyone who has made it to any of our Tapas evenings this year – they have been great fun and we hope you have enjoyed them.

Free Shipping on internet orders to Ireland & the UK

Stephen Pearce — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:03:25 +0000

Our online store seems to be really taking off now and we are really grateful to all of you out there who have taken the leap of faith and ordered pieces on the website.

We are delighted to be offering free shipping on all online orders to Ireland and the UK – with no minimum purchase – until December 21st. We announced this in our latest newsletter a week or so ago and the response has been tremendous. (You can sign up to receive the newsletter by email on the homepage of our website.)

We work very hard all year round to ensure that our customers get the best deals possible on shipping rates (and are expecting to have news for friends abroad early in the New Year to make our ranges even more accessible) but we see this as a little thank you from all of us at the Pottery for your continuing support!

Unsure of dates for last shipping before Christmas? Check here.

Talking to my arm…

Stephen Pearce — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:23:08 +0000

I was in the shower this morning and I found myself talking to my arm. For the last 6 months I have had a frozen right arm which has been quite painful and impossible to use for making pottery. Slowly, with continual exercise it is getting better. This morning in the shower I noticed that it was even better so I said “Thank you dear arm for being more use to me today” and I felt a deep sense of appreciation.

Then I thought of the integrated processes that our bodies are and I realised that my arm is not separate from my body but one and the same thing, even though the pain appears in a particular place.

Then I thought that I am part of the universe… and the game goes on and on.

I find gratitude to be a very powerful mantra.