Ep 257: Objects Speak to Annapurna Garimella
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Shape of the Teacup
Ogata kenzan found local clay bodies, minerals and synthesized all of this to produce a local clay body that had japan in it. And then this clay body, he has to decide the shape of the teacup. So somehow he's mediated all these anxieties. We're a new india nation. We have dinner parties and we have ere englishn the way we present ourselves. Ah, he's producing something that doesn't look english. It has no floral designs. It's not white boned china. He's done all these things. When you hold that tea cup, all you have to do is listen to what it's telling you.
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