Nature's Kilns
The processes that we use to fire clays and glazes are a pale imitation of what the earth does over long geologic cycles to form terra firma, and the raw materials of all human fabrication, from teapots to spaceships. The earth is the goose that lays the golden eggs. We have grown deeply out of balance, destroying the very source of our sustenance and wealth even as alternatives beckon.
The processes that we use to fire clays and glazes are a pale imitation of what the earth does over long geologic cycles to form terra firma, and the raw materials of all human fabrication, from teapots to spaceships. The earth is the goose that lays the golden eggs. We have grown deeply out of balance, destroying the very source of our sustenance and wealth even as alternatives beckon.
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