I recommend you play with clay
Malleable and wobbling
It may take any form you wish
With enough skill and practice
Wounded people are living sculptures
Never to be mistaken for a terracotta golem
Infused with conscious autonomy
Brilliant spirits in bisque form
Psychology is a Kintsugi process
Lay out the broken vessel
For careful inspection
Trace with precision, each path of pain
Precious pottery shards in new arrangement
Bond them well
Revised through delicate selection
This familiar form, to be lovingly reworked
And fired one last time
Reveals a faultless delineation
Gilded scars transmute
The humble vase
Becoming glory golden
In peerless composition
About the Creator
Aspen Marie
In love with life and all of its foibles.
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Welcome to the Winners Announcement for The Ritual of Winter challenge. This prompt focused on winter rituals and the meaning that settles into them over time. The top pieces stay grounded in ordinary acts and repeated routines, letting winter shape the work through pace, attention, and restraint.
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Well-wrought! The material changes form, but the energy never ends.