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Clay Play

Kristine Poole

Play and creativity go together hand-in-hand like, well, me and Colin. However, amidst deadline crunches, working with clients, creative problem solving challenges, material disasters and, dare we admit, at times over-the-top, self-imposed pressures to continually bring more to the party, sometimes getting through a piece can feel more like a slog than the expressive rapture that beckoned us into the creative arts in the first place. As our schedules become more and more intense, it's…

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Beyond The Orbs Of Sight

Vanessa Lemen

July 17, 2025 - I think as creative humans, it’s important to have a deep and strong connection to the senses. And I feel that all senses are a support to the others. They work in tandem, and along with understanding and openness, a presence. For example, let’s take what it is to see. What does “to see” mean to you? I feel that to see is… To be awake, aware, to let ourselves be lifted by all that we are a part of. To feel and breathe the surroundings. To notice and admire from the simplest to the most complex of things. To be carved into something new by the witnessing and the desire for an understanding of what we feel a pull towards. To be present, immersed in the sound and sights and what is felt and…

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