Don and I had a morning coffee-tea-cake date at the AGNSW today – to hang out with some excellent art and to nourish our souls. I aspire to be the sort of person who does this!

While we were there we participated in Kimsooja: Archive of Mind. Kimsooja invites visitors to collect a handful of clay, sit at the large work surface, and empty their minds of distraction; to sink into the experience of forming a ball of clay between the hands, rolling and wrapping it into itself.

Your ball then becomes part of the artwork – which is displayed on an absolutely enormous table in a very spectacular room. The new Sydney Modern building is utterly wonderful – an amazing space for this!

To me (though I don’t think this is the intent) the clay colours bring to mind skin and the many different people who have contributed to the work – I find it quite uplifting and emotional.

My handful of clay:

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Don’s very excellent ball. He was really quite good at it. I may have persuaded him to take a pottery class with me.

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Our balls together waiting to join the group:

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My many-lined palm. I’m sure those lines mean good fortune and fabulous things in my future.

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Rather than exercise, this afternoon I lay about reading Ann Patchett: These Precious Days – which was definitely an excellent use of my time.

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