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Friday, 6 August 2004
Another day, another pot ::
Had a long philosophical conversation with V Tuesday. I told her about a story I’d read (can’t find the link!) about a pottery class where half the students were to be graded purely on the quantity of pots produced, and the other by quality—one perfect pot would get an A. At the end of the semester, the highest quality pots were created by the students being graded on quantity. This struck me as a perfect illustration of how it is more important to be creating something every day than to get hung up on creating a masterpiece. Creative momentum. ...