We artists define what our art means to us at different points in life. It could be therapy, meditation, or a way for us to withdraw away from the world. It can be a way to quieten the mind or to excite it with the infinite possibilities of creation. Conversely, it could be a way of reaching out to the world, to form a deeper connection and to make some sense of a complex world (that we think misunderstands us). There are days when I’m wrestling with that part of the brain that gives birth to ideas. And others when I’m unable to sleep because the ideas are coming thick and fast and must be written down before they disappear.

The creative process fascinates me and so I’ve come down on a muggy September day to meet my friend, Maya Sohonie. Maya is a ceramic artist who operates out of a pottery studio at the “far end” of Singapore, by the NTU campus in a place called Jalan Bahar Clay Studios. There’s an old world “kampong” feel to these studios. The path is rutted and filled with weeds, and I can’t see any high rise buildings. I can hear the buzz of mosquitoes diving in for the attack. The studios themselves are under a tin roof and Maya tells me that when it rains there’s a deafening racket. 

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