of it. Nothing that occurred
naturally in the garden was symmetrical. She said that apparently in
Japan, potters are surrounded by "lopsidedness" in nature, and they are
close to nature, so the potters do not want to throw round pots. In
America, however, throwing very symmetrical pots is important.
It was interesting to try to throw a pot. I managed to make on that
was fairly round, but pottery wasn't for me. I got very
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