In the end...

In the end, the form is rounded and smoothed and the effect of the fingertips is concealed. Ibn Arabi, the 12th century, A.D. Islamic meta­physician, described the interplay between the conscious and unconscious elements of an artisan to his work in the following way: 'Looking at an artisan (knower) who is engaged -in moulding things out of clay (that which is to be known), one might make a superficial observation that the clay…