‘Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating materials, generally including a material like kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between 1,200 and 1,400 °C (2,200 and 2,600 °F). The strength, and translucence of porcelain, relative to other types of pottery, arises mainly from vitrification and the formation of the mineral mullite within the body at these high temperatures. Though definitions vary, porcelain can be divided into three main categories: hard-paste, soft-paste and bone china. The category that an object belongs to depends on the composition of the paste used to make the body of the porcelain object and the firing conditions.

‘Porcelain slowly evolved in China and was finally achieved (depending on the definition used) at some point about 2,000 to 1,200 years ago, then slowly spread to other East Asian countries, and finally Europe and the rest of the world. Its manufacturing process is more demanding than that for earthenware and stoneware, the two other main types of pottery, and it has usually been regarded as the most prestigious type of pottery for its delicacy, strength, and its white colour. It combines well with both glazes and paint, and can be modelled very well, allowing a huge range of decorative treatments in tablewares, vessels and figurines. It also has many uses in technology and industry.’ — collaged

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p.s. Hey. ** Adem Berbic, Hey. I can only speak as someone who’s not remotely exhausted by what human creativity comes up with and produces, and, even if I were looking for an offramp, AI in its current state without all the ‘what ifs’ people are applying to it, positively and negatively, would not constitute one. So I guess let’s just agree to disagree? No further action in my hood, but they’re imposing a curfew on Republique starting tonight, so not sure about there. ** Ilán Valdés, Hey! Thanks. Never done ketamine myself, so it’s all fairytale. Haha, thanks re: the pack. I think that with the screenings and a bunch of longtime London friends I haven’t seen in ages plus the short time we’ll be there, I’m probably going to be pretty packed time-wise, but, if not, coffee or walk would be very nice. Enjoy! ** Dominik, Hi!!! By the time ketamine became available enough that I could try it, I had already quit drugs, so no. I have to say the reports of my friends who use it does not make me feel like I’m missing something valuable. The AI stuff in my feeds that pretend to be taken from surveillance cameras sometimes fools me at first, but the ones that pretend to be shot by phones are still too Valentine pretty to be believable to me. But I guess we’re still in the infancy stage. The closest other ATM at the moment is a fifteen minute walk, so that sucks, but I assume the bank will get that machine back in order quickly, it being a bank and all. Okay, if it’s love K-Hole, maybe. And thanks to him for the invitation no matter what. Love making the Haunted Park attraction I’m going to tonight actually haunted, which I know if very big ask, G. ** Bzzt, Oh, hey there! Uh, the protests have gotten way too ugly and counterproductive to be on board with, but they were cool at first. Congrats on the Evergreen score! Everyone, Bzzt is also a fine writer named Quinn Roberts, and he has a new piece up at Evergreen Review, and you can read it, and you certainly should if you feel like it. It’s called ‘The Fortress of Solitude’ and it’s here. Thanks! Take good care. ** Sarah Palmer, Hi, Sarah, really nice to see you. Wow, you’ve gotten around, lucky you. The only art I’ve seen is the Kerry James Marshall show at MAM, which is excellent. There are a bunch of shows I intend to see right away: Stan Douglas @ Jeu de Paume, Georges Perec @ the National Library, the photo show @ Pinault, a Philippe Grandrieux show @ Trace, and others. And maybe Paris Internationale, although it’s usually disappointing. The demonstrations trashed my neighborbood, but they haven’t immobilised me. Interesting about the Juan Bescós play. I’ll see what it is. Unfortunately if it’s in French I’d probably be too lost to try it out in person. Stupidly, I haven’t checked the Festival d’Automne program yet, but I will today. Thank you for reminding me. I’m glad you like the Casciani. And rising up sounds like just the ticket. Lovely to get to speak with you. Enjoy your surroundings. ** _Black_Acrylic, Reports like yours are why I haven’t broken my no drugs rule to take that trip. The turmoil might have calmed down, I’m not sure yet this morning. But they’re starting curfews this evening, so we’ll see what that does. ** Steve Erickson, Yes, K-Hole travellers do not appear to be very photogenic. I don’t think the protests are still occurring in my hood, but I’ll know better when I go outside today. The buzz on ‘You Can See Everything’ is crazy. It seems to have killed off the ‘Digger’ blather. Okay, thanks for the report. I guess I need to see it. I like that AI can visualise fantasies with reasonable if still unconvincing skill. That’s the only thing that interests me about it so far. ** Carsten, Hi. Tragically, the violence that the protests have evolved into is doing little but feeding into the far right’s agenda. Their important purpose is being successfully backgrounded. Being excited to write something is kind of the whole ball of wax. So, great! I hope the efforts to bring Dickey’s poetry out of hiding works. It’s strong stuff. ** laura w., Hi. Okay, cool, thank you! I ‘pray’ that the value and success of the protests can somehow he rescued from the far right’s thus far successful distortion and exploitation of it. Racism is such a vile and terrifying weapon. I can actually think of quite a few Scandinavian horror directors: Carsten Myllerup, Tomas Alfredson, Patrik Syversen, … lots. My impression is that Scandinavian horror films are kind of active thing? ** Darbz on the school laptop without the cool pfpf :((, Your temporary new name with definitely suffice. I’ll go find your email, thank you!! Wonderful about your English teacher recognising your writing talent! Yay, that’s fantastic! ** Billy, Hi! I don’t know ‘Boy Parts’ but I’ll check it out. True, I can’t think of any Ket-related art that has stuck in my memory. even Happy that you’re good. I’m good. Really cool to get to see you. ** HaRpEr //, I do feel like Ketamine isn’t the thing it was back when I made that post. When I hear about it these days, it’s usually as a sex accompaniment. I don’t know that Angela Carter book. Chaotic sounds nice. ** Dev, Oh, right, the Elon Musk/Ketamine connection. If one needs a reason to stay away from it, there it is. Do come to Paris! It’s pretty glorious. You might fall in love with it unless we’re having a heatwave at the time. Check your weather forecast first. ** Uday, Oh, wow, it made your open tabs category. Sweet. I’ve been done K, as I said. I have to say that where it takes you really doesn’t appeal to me in theory. Pretend it’s an ambient Brian Eno composition? ** Right. More Halloween coming at you today. See you tomorrow.