Proteus & Artefacto
Proteus Proteus
Artefacto Artefacto
Artefacto Artefacto
Do you ever notice how a lump of clay can become a pot or a mask, and how a single story can twist into a different truth depending on the teller?
Proteus Proteus
I do, and it’s the perfect reminder that shape and story are just two sides of the same coin.
Artefacto Artefacto
Exactly, the clay remembers the way it’s handled, and the story remembers the shape it was born into. Both are just memories of pressure and release, after all.
Proteus Proteus
Right, it’s all about the pressure you apply and then let go of—whether it’s on earth or on words. That’s what makes everything so pliable.
Artefacto Artefacto
Exactly, you feel the clay’s resistance the first time you press, then when you let it go it finds its own shape, just as a story does when it leaves your mind and takes on a life of its own.