I learned this the slow way. After college, I tried to keep my pottery skills up. I signed up for open studio time at a local community college to throw on the wheel, which was a great start. But I was rusty, and I was self-conscious about it. I didn't know anyone else in that studio, so I kept to myself, head down, quietly working.

That's SO real, that’s what art should do. Transfer a feeling from me to you, through this beautiful thing, it came through. I’ll be chasing that moment for a long time. 

And then - how DO we chase that moment? It’s not a linear thread, for sure. But in talking to that couple, I was gifted a few clues of how to use connection and sharing your work as a map forward.