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First, is his own close relationship with the medium at hand. He describes clay not as a material, but “a lifelong companion”.

“Nobody does anything cool anymore, and everybody is afraid of everything,”

It will always be more compelling to garner people’s admiration naturally than to do it on purpose, and the people best at that will always be the most interesting, culturally speaking.

People on social media are constantly trying to destigmatize being “try-hard,” because you can’t really be online without trying.