By: The Art of Resilience Desk
To be your best in pottery is to accept the broken pieces. Every potter has a graveyard of shattered mugs and cracked bowls. The “best” potter is not the one who never fails. It is the one who takes the shards and turns them into mosaic tiles (Kintsugi). It is the one who looks at a collapsed vase and laughs, then wedges it back into a new lump of potential. female war i am pottery best
Your first 100 pots will be terrible. Throw them against the wall of your studio (literally, reclaim buckets love a good slam). Do not hide your failures. Put them on a shelf labeled “The War Wounds.” By: The Art of Resilience Desk To be
For a woman engaged in her own “female war,” centering clay is a metaphor for centering her own chaotic life. That wobbling lump is her anxiety, her to-do list, her trauma. Her hands are the tools of order. It is the one who takes the shards
Women who survive trauma often report that pottery saved their lives because it forces them into their bodies. You cannot throw pots while dissociating. You must feel the slip (liquid clay) between your fingers. You must smell the damp earth. You are here . the clay. I am the water. I am the fire. Part 4: Becoming the “Best” – Mastery as Self-Love The final word in our keyword is “best.” In a patriarchal context, “best” often means best in show, best seller, best looking. But in the context of the female war, “best” means unbroken.
The female war is not a solitary one. Join a women’s pottery collective. The most powerful sound on earth is a circle of women centering clay together. The hum of five wheels is the sound of an army at peace.
When the pot collapses under your hands, do not sigh. Smile. You are not failing. You are fighting the female war. And because you are pottery—fluid, strong, fire-forged—you are already the best.