Centering in Pottery, Poetry, and the PersonA flowing collection of poetry that is also a guide for life. |
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User Review - caro488 - LibraryThingWhen you throw a lump of clay on a wheel, the first thing you have to do is center it. After that you can do anything, create anything. But if the clay is not truly centered, any attempt results in deformed, destroyed, useless, shapeless, mess. This can be translated to your life. Read full review
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User Review - RuTemple - LibraryThingThis personal reflection is as impactful as a sutra encountered hands-on. Read full review
Contents
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II Centering as Transformation | 33 |
III Poetry | 57 |
IV Pedagogy | 96 |
Evolution of Person | 130 |
VI Recovery of the Child in Manhood | 148 |
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