lovely, very tasteful - and ollea remarksbly auil, The Seattle
exhihitions were a complete contrast - there was a jeyiul abandon, a
rcbust vitality, a willingness to be strong, even vuigar, to shock, ia
an effort to widen the boundaries of our perceptions.

We have here in B.C. a lively atmosphere where the Arts are
bevinning to flourish - pottery as much as ever, The craft will grow
rapidly in an aura of freedom, of conflicting ideas, of experimentaticn,
cf vicorous differences, rather than in a mystique of one approach.

Yours faithfully,
Gillian Hodge

(Mittor's Note: We must emphasizethct editorials on the question
of colour simply attempt to clarify contemporary philoscphy. They
are not intended to lay down dogmatically the mystique cf one
approach. Experiment is absolutely vital to growth and we woud
be delighted to see enlightened attempts to use more colour,

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32. JR