Despite teaching me very little about dancing, hip-hop lessons have taught me a thing or two about making pots. In dancing class the teacher shows you a few steps and you practice a couple of times then do it to music, after that it goes on to the next steps and it all moves along pretty fast relying on your memory. Eventually the teacher sits down to watch the class and almost always sees me in the back going left when everyone else is going right. It is a great memory exercise though. What I've learned about potting comes in when I'm throwing.
Usually I put a pointer up and throw to the pointer to get all the teabowls the same size, after dancing class I realized that relying on the pointer meant I was doubting my physical memory just as relying on the mirrors and watching the teacher in dance class prevents you from actually learning the steps. When I forgot about the pointer the throwing was smoother, more rhythmic and the bowls all came out within a millimeter of each other. Letting go of your safety net.....
You find you didn't need it after all.
Fizzy D dancing like flying, dancing like throwing.
