Reading 4, logan

"Material Consciousness"

After reading this article i was intrigued with this idea of material and how it relates not only to the conscious mind but the sub-conscious mind as well. one could look at an individual and their intentions with a specific material, or you can look at the material and how it shapes the individual. could one not look at the clay or ceramics as the driving force, instead of the individual? in other words, i feel people adapt/grow in relation to the material. i would argue an individual, especially primitive, who is learning ceramics on their own has no idea what their doing instead they are playing, exploring, and experiencing the material with no consciousness. by doing so they reach these states of mind, or this  realization where they may need to fix something, smooth something, attach something, and it is this that forces the individual to find or adapt a tool. if we are completely conciuos about our material we should adapt tools, methods, and techniques before even diving into the building process. within ceramics and sculpture i feel there is this power within the material that forces an individual to experiment or get lost, making the consiuos state of material less important than the driving force of the material itself.