Dear Tim,
Your paintings are an inspiration to all of us. You are a real contribution to the fun and education on this forum.
Also, if I don't ever paint masterpieces in my lifetime, then I will still consider my 'art' life successful by the amount of educating that I have helped others with. Education is the most important thing to me so I put a lot of information that I find out there for others to see and learn from as much as I learn from them.
However, I sure am going to be miffed if I don't get to at least paint 2 or 3 masterpieces while here on earth.
There are lots of websites on chatty teachers and artists if you haven't checked them out yet. They are for all artists of any media.
http://porcelainartist.proboards25.com/