EXERCISE IN CRAFTS
That the exercise of the crafts develops mental and moral faculties ' is axiomatic, asserts a correspondent writing in “The Times” Educational Supplement. Skilful fingers beget keener, finer senses, and quicker, more perceptive eyes. One can suppress disagreeable emotions by inhibiting their, muscular expression. Graceful movement creates pleasant feeling and mobilises energy. Moreover, just as the amateur pianist’s gropings through a Beethoven sonata prepare the way for his richer enjoyment of the same sonata, perfectly executed, so the throwing of a pot opens the unskilled potter's eyes to pots in general. He really looks at cups and seeing, criticises, suggests, constructs.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 August 1938, Page 6
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103EXERCISE IN CRAFTS Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 August 1938, Page 6
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