my clay bowl.

Perfection is a lie!

I made a clay bowl out of scraps. I was only supposed to use the scrap clay for practice on the pottery wheel, but when I looked down on what was my very first bowl I thought it to be the most magnificent little clay bowl ever. Until it turned out that the amount of clay I was given wasn't enough to make a decently width-sized standard bowl.

While attempting to make the foot of my bowl, it came to my attention just how thin the clay was and that it wouldn't be able to be a proper and usable bowl. My art teacher looked over at my discontent position when coming to this realization, and then recited to me, "You shouldn't get so attached to your piece, there is always time to try and reach your goal again!"

You are probably wondering what relevance all of this may serve?
How can this be related to something of any sort of significance?

I took my teachers advice towards creating a bowl as advice to a higher extent and I believe that our outlook on things should be that equal to my teachers outlook on creating art. There is no use in stressing over something that isn't useful to us, There is always time to work towards something/try and create something that appeals to us again-- something that is more useful, more practical, and has more purpose to OUR OWN life.

There is no use in wasting our time on someone something that only makes our own life harder. There is no use in making that someone something out to be something that is perfect, because you may find it never was. Maybe you just over-looked the imperfections. Sometimes the smallest little factor can lead to you having unnecessary displeasure. Sometimes... it's best to just move on and find someone something more helpful.

I made a bowl, I worked hard, I thought it was magnificent
but that bowl couldn't hold what I needed it to,
and I shouldn't have gotten so attached
to something that can't help me.