Thanks for linking to that Berry essay—if I'm lucky, I'm on my way now to becoming a better Luddite.
My wife recently took up wheel-based pottery, and it's stimulation and creation that thrills her a lot (she's in her twenties, if that encourages you about our generation). I thrill a lot in the mugs and plates and bowls she brings home, because they're functional and alive to the touch in a way that I envy as a writer whispering into the Internet. I'd never thought of the physicality of pottery, where the earth's clay and the human and their conversation are recorded as an artifact and a created entity. It's a blessed connection to think about, thanks for that.
Thanks for linking to that Berry essay—if I'm lucky, I'm on my way now to becoming a better Luddite.
My wife recently took up wheel-based pottery, and it's stimulation and creation that thrills her a lot (she's in her twenties, if that encourages you about our generation). I thrill a lot in the mugs and plates and bowls she brings home, because they're functional and alive to the touch in a way that I envy as a writer whispering into the Internet. I'd never thought of the physicality of pottery, where the earth's clay and the human and their conversation are recorded as an artifact and a created entity. It's a blessed connection to think about, thanks for that.