I stumbled upon this blog post today and it really resonated for me and I don't think I am alone:
http://carterpottery.blogspot.co.nz/2012/07/clay-good-obsession.html
This week is the beginning of Term 3 and lots of happy clay obsessives returned to ASP to resume 'work', classes are fuller and the energy is great. The Thursday morning class enjoyed a happy Renton just back from his travels in France re-energised and re-inspired. Which is lovely because it's inspiring for us too. Looking forward to seeing the slide show with a pottery-centric view of where he's been (I know there'll be plenty of cars in there too, something to tolerate! -speaking for myself).