“Our minds hurtled outward in all directions. We became absurdly creative, Homo artifactus, intolerant of bare cave walls and naked clay pots.” MindCreativeWallNakedPotCavesClayClay Pots Author:Natalie
“You never realize how much your mother loves you till you explore the attic - and find every letter you ever sent her, every finger painting, clay pot, bead necklace, Easter chicken, cardboard Santa Claus, paperlace Mother's Day card and school report since day one.” SchoolMotherRealizingLove YouPaintingMomLettersFingersAppreciationCardsReportsChickensPotEasterClaySantaMothers DaySanta ClausBeadsMother LoveAtticsNecklacesSchool ReportsClay Pots Author:Pam Brown
“Mexico admits you through an arched stone orifice into the tree-filled courtyard of its heart, where a dog pisses against a wall and a waiter hustles through a curtain of jasmine to bring a bowl of tortilla soup, steaming with cilantro and lime. Cats stalk lizards among the clay pots around the fountain, doves settle into the flowering vines and coo their prayers, thankful for the existence of lizards. The potted plants silently exhale, outgrowing their clay pots. Like Mexico's children they stand pinched and patient in last year's too-small shoes.” YearsHeartChildrenLastsPrayerExistenceTreeDogWallStonesCatFilledPlantPatientShoesSettlingPotMexicoLast YearBowlsSoupFountainCurtainsClayHustleDoveStalkingVinesWaiterFloweringLizardsLimesJasmineTortillasOutgrowingClay Pots Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“There is always shame in the creation of an expressive work, whether it's a book or a clay pot. Every artist worries about how they will be seen by others through their work. When you create, you aspire to do justice to yourself, to remake yourself, and there is always the fear that you will expose the very thing that you hoped to transform.” BookArtistJusticeWorryCreationShamePotAspireClayRemakesExpressiveClay Pots Author:Rachel Cusk
“You are built to pull a cart, to lift a heavy load and bear it, to haul up the long slope, and so am I, peasant bodies, earthy, solid shapely dark glazed clay pots that can stand on the fire.” LongBodyDarkFireStrengthBearsBuiltHeavyLiftsPotLoadClayPeasantsCartsSlopesHaulHeavy LoadsClay Pots Book:Moon Is Always Female Source: Moon Is Always Female