Undergraduate / "Ceramics and clay" - Commonapp Short Answer [2]

Hi guys, this is my rough draft for short answer.I would greatly appreciate any comment from you!

I was drawn to ceramics the first time I experienced it. Ceramics showed me how harmony exceeds dominance, and pursuiting beauty exceeds achieving beauty.

Once clay is throwed, glazed, dried and burned, it is endowed with life. In this process, though man dominates the creation, one should not simply seek individuality while ignore the principle of nature. Earth, water, fire and human vary in their characters, which should also reach interdependence. It perfectly embodies the philosophy of Lao-zu-Harmony between heaven and man. Ceramics makes me refined, and close to nature at peace.

It is indeed exciting to pick up the tepid fruits of labor from kiln, but I am more intoxicated with the process of endowing the clay with eternal life. It's a process that surpasses success and failure. The ceramic art makes me understand that the most treasurable thing in life, rather than fame and gain, is the trail of love, hope and stability.