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“For children, each moment in time is all there is. No future, no past. All pure authenticity.”

“Patience is required for the nuanced development of your craft.

Patience is required for taking in information in the most faithful way possible.

Patience is required for crafting a work that resonates and contains all that we have to offer.”

“In Japanese pottery, there’s an artful form of repair called kintsugi. When a piece of ceramic pottery breaks, rather than trying to restore it to its original condition, the artisan accentuates the fault by using gold to fill the crack…Instead of the flaw diminishing the work, it becomes a focal point, an area of both physical and aesthetic strength…The scar also tells the story of the piece..”