Ceramics Zen and the true purpose of Zen in the Arts (and the Arts in Zen) By Reverend Cristina Moon One of the first arts I trained in as part of living at Chozen-ji was ceramics. One weekend morning in 2018, I made my way back to the ceramics studio. There, I found several Dojo members puttering around and happy to show me the basics.  It would take months, if not years, to learn to tame a ball of clay on the potter’s wheel. It has taken me longer still to tease out how to approach elevating ceramics from more than making pretty … Continue reading “Everyone thinks they’re an artist.”