A Home is Alive

She / They who is a living being.
How will I keep my Teapot alive?
This Vessel, tool of human making, is tied to the sun - the water - a living Being.
Where will I store her?
I can’t shut her away, tidy in a cupboard.
Tidiness has shifted meaning.
Is tidiness death in this current mad world of shutting away?
Remember all our relations to those we say ‘belong’ to us.
Owning is belonging.
Home is to be—longing
Long no more.
What if we were asked to keep all our belongings Alive?
A Home is Alive.

Living Kettle 2024.
Local Clay. Tenmoku Backyard glaze, Melissa Weiss Slip. Mojave Iron Oxide. Kurrajong Branch Handle. Pea Sprout. 2023 Valley Compost.