寫給學員

燒窯後的作品,

有時會與我們想像的不同。

這也是陶的一部分⸺

泥土、火、釉與當下的環境,

共同造就它最後的樣子。

釉面的起泡,或許不是瑕疵,

而是一瞬火與土相遇的痕跡。

像火山爆發後的熔岩,

在流動、冷卻與凝結之間,

留下大地生成的記憶。

願我們不急著修正,

而是學著接受那些無法預期的變化。

陶不是一件大量製造的器皿,

它是一段由土、火、時間與雙手

共同完成的過程。

讓我們以一點詩意,

面對作品成為的樣子。

After the firing,

a piece may become something different

from what we imagined.

This is part of working with clay—

earth, fire, glaze, and the conditions of the moment

all shape what it becomes.

A bubble in the glaze may not be a flaw,

but a trace of fire meeting earth—

like lava flowing, cooling, and hardening,

leaving behind a memory of the earth in formation.

May we not rush to correct

what we did not expect,

but allow these changes to remain.

A ceramic piece is not a mass-produced vessel.

It is a process shaped by

earth, fire, time, and our hands.

May we meet what it has become

with a little poetry.