Untitled | Photo by the writer
The many leaves of bushes and shrubs surround a deer that stands still, quietly, on the side of a partially wooded and a long-winded road. A heavy stream is flowing in a deep valley as a jeep prudently traverses the water without slipping on to the muddy path. My hands are kneading clay as I prepare the therapeutically tactile material to be transformed into something sculptural.
Many such memories that brim with an interaction between nature, earthen matter and myself, flood my mind every time I see a sculpture by contemporary ceramic artist Shazia Zuberi.