Ceramics response

After reading the article I have to agree with Jorrie in a sense that it was written in a poetic manner. Especially with the idea that man and clay are similar in substance such as being molded through our experiences and constantly changing. I myself tend to feel out of the loop in ceramics due to never taking any kind of ceramics, but just like in the article I feel that taking this class is not only therapeutic to the self and the mind, but a way for humanity to slow down and get back in touch with the simple things in life just as holding clay in your hands and feeling of a solid structure taken from nature. Being able to mold, shape, destroy and reshape something is freeing knowing that we can always alter and fix it to be totally changed or put back to its original form. This article brought up many interesting points such as having such a material that dates back to the early days and now is a form of expression as well as a functioning object in daily society. Being in the class and experiencing the ways of clay and how it is a metaphor of life and human beings hopefully will create a deeper respect for things that we use in our everyday life and learn to actually stop and look at the things that we constantly use and recognize the beauty and time put into the ordinary objects of life.