10-08-2015 08:00 via theguardian.com

If you do one thing this week ... have a clay day

Get together with a group of friends to squish clay into pots and bowls, and let your minds and conversation wanderSomething happens when you work with clay. Moving your hands all the time - kneading, pinching, splatting, balling it up and starting again - your mind shifts into a different gear. It drifts lazily from one idea to the next, then loops back to the clay again, bringing you back into the moment. Do it with friends, and you find that conversation is the same: sporadic and aimless, swi
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