I tried to do some pottery a few years back –– early part of the pandemic. It was supposed to be a fun outing once we were first allowed to venture back out in to the world. It was going to be creative and fun to get my hands dirty. I had no idea how hard it was going to be! Shaping clay on a wheel is something that takes balance and a sense of tempo. It requires you be restrained but also demands your artfulness. My first attempts started out okay-ish, and then quickly went pancake.

The video above is from a creator I’ve long stood in awe of––a person who retreats to the woods in order to try and create some of the most basic things needed to navigate the world with absolutely zero modern tools. Except for the camera that catches all of it. The videos he creates are meditative and they remind me how much our sense of work has been alienated from our real needs and the natural world. Its a reminder that our labor is about more than money or economic standing.

In this video, he creates a pottery wheel and then some pottery much more deftly than I could hope to with every technological advantage. And that is pretty awesome.

Sometimes it is hard to tap into our spiritual selves or find time to nurture our creativity and intellectual curiosity. Here is a section that reflects on some nourishing materials from around the web and related media channels in order to get us thinking, get us feeling, and get us reflecting on the lives we are living in this big world. **Some Adult/Mature Themes May Appear in Links and Other Attached Material**

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Allan T. Georgia, MDiv, MTS, PhD