Inviting Risk and Creative Experimentation

Breath and Clay as a “house of refuge” from cultural noise

Community as collaboration, not organization

Why the event works: clarity plus mystery

Makers show up with projects, not just opinions

Real-world outcomes: collaborations that keep growing after the weekend

Letting fruit scatter without controlling the pipeline

The 2026 theme: Making Space https://www.thebreathandtheclay.com

The icon: the chair

Stephen’s new book: How to See Invisible Things

Inner life and outer life of the artist

“Border-walker” artists and the liminal, unresolved middle

Art as a way of seeing, not a utilitarian product

Scarcity vs abundance as a spiritual and creative posture

Mary “treasuring” as a model for creation and formation

Book excerpt: John Cage 4’33, Quaker silence, sacramental vision

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