Hello, Lea Marchetti here, and this is Blank Page Tuesdays. Today's guest did something that still makes me a little nervous to describe. Ines Delacroix is a ceramicist in Bordeaux, and three weeks before her first solo exhibition she broke almost a full year of finished work. On purpose. She kept three pieces. We talk about how she knew the rest was competent but not hers, what those three pieces had in common, and the much stricter studio routine she built afterwards with throwing days, glazing days, and a trusted friend who sees unfinished work every Friday. We also talk about the fear of wasting clay, paper, paint, and time, and how that fear quietly stops people from making anything at all. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts.