The art of pottery

(Luz... Porto)

"Remember, O man,

that thou are dust

and unto dust

thou shall return."

(Genesis 3:19)

Take a middle-sized vase

(one of soft clay made)

And smash it into tiny pieces.

Bring the pieces into your heart -

Or soul - through the bars that

Prevent you from your true art.

Melt them with boiling tears

Until they seem just a block of mud.

Mix the the mud with your fingers,

Feel it, touch it, listen to it.

Then mould a vase

- not the former-

But the one you have always dreamed of.

Bake the clay on the fire

That burns inside your spirit,

Wait for as long as it demands

And you will have a pot of your own.

That is the only way to creation.

That is just how we can be saved.