| 53 If you are tied to technology all day, to ano ce, dealingwith intellectual jobs, it is clear to you that expansion comes withcoursesforsculpting,knitting,cooking... Pottery leads the way because it returns you to those natural children’s needs to push your hands into the soil, to kneed it and form some shape.Whenwe say pottery,ceramics,porcelain,wedonotmeanabstractsculptures,but rather functionalhandmadepiecesof kitchenware, lampsorplant pots thatbring individuality toevery space. That which you make with your own handshasnoprice. In thiswayyouexercise yourmindandbody,whilst simultaneously creating somethingpersonal, original, and alsouseful.Thatwhichyoumakeyourself is something you’ll love and value in a di erentwaythansomeimpersonalbutperfectly symmetricalpiecethatyoutookfromashelf lled with examples of the same. Making ceramics is actually a form of meditation.Youmust concentrateseriously on that littlepieceof clay fromthemoment you take it in your hands, starting to knead ituntil themoment thedesiredformbegins to take shape on the potter’s wheel. When painting or knitting you can take a break, but there’snoneof thatwithclay.There’sno roomformobilephones, emails,messages ... And yes, clay has its own rhythm, its own way, and its own timing. Youmust listen to andmonitor it carefully. Just likewhen you knead bread, you also have to knead clay until you have squeezed out every bubble of air, until the water has mixed with the earth, until you create a mass that’s ready for shaping. If you rush, yourworkwill crack inthekiln.Thisprocess is simultaneously relaxing, while the feeling of elation that you feel when you viewing an object created from a pile of clay can neither be bought noreasilydescribed. Itmustbeexperienced. Perhapsyouwantahobby,perhapsyou needanactivity thatwill bringyouback intobalancewithyourself, perhaps youneed to overcome a need for everything to be done yourway andwhenyouwant, or perhapsyouwant tolearnpatience?Maybeyou just want to materialise your work. Whichever of theseyouwant todo, enrol inapottery course. Of course, there’s always the option of buying a designed, hand-made piece of pottery and bringing a piece with soul into your life. gline odkadagauzmete u ruke i počnete da mesite do momenta dok na točku ne počne da se nazire željeni oblik. Kad slikate ili štrikate, možete da napravite pauzu, sa glinom toga nema. Nema tu mesta za mobilni, mejlove, poruke... I da, glina ima svoj ritam, svoj put i svoj tajming. Morate ga pažljivo osluškivati i pratiti. Kao kad mesite hleb, i glinu morate da mesite dok ne istisnete svaki mehurić vazduha, dok se voda ne poveže sa zemljom, dok ne dobijete masu spremnu za oblikovanje. Ako požurite, vaše delo će ispucati u peći. U isto vreme, taj proces opušta, a ushićenje koje osetite kad ugledate predmet nastao iz gomilice gline ne može se kupiti niti lako opisati. Treba ga doživeti. Možda želite hobi, možda vam je potrebna aktivnost koja će vas vratiti u balans sa samim sobom, možda vam je potrebno da suzbijete potrebu da sve bude po vašem i kad vi hoćete, možda želite da se naučite strpljenju? Možda samo želite da materijalizujete ono što radite? Šta god od ovoga da želite, upišite se na kurs grnčarije. Naravno, uvek je otvorena opcija da kupite dizajnirani ručno rađeni komad keramike i u život unesete komad sa dušom. Clay is alive; it has energy and texture and will respond to your every touch, shaping, pressure Glina je živa, ima energiju i teksturu, odgovoriće na svaki vaš dodir, kalupljenje, pritisak iStock / Lightguard iStock / Lilechka75 iStock / Goir
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