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Dear Michael,

I thought about your new ceramics some more, and in my mind I keep hearing these two words: Shining Desert. It’s a song by John Frusciante. In part the lyrics, although fairly ambiguous, allude to the making as for instance in the lines:

Put it on a flat space height will make it thin or wide
Seen from a distance objects hide in plain sight

Michael Dopp Shining Desert_11, 2018 Unglazed stoneware 16.75 x 6.25 x 8 in (42.5 x 15.9 x 20.3 cm)

Michael Dopp
Shining Desert_11, 2018
Unglazed stoneware
16.75 x 6.25 x 8 in (42.5 x 15.9 x 20.3 cm)

Michael Dopp Shining Desert_12, 2018 Unglazed stoneware 13.25 x 9.5 x 9.75 in (33.7 x 24.1 x 24.8 cm)

Michael Dopp
Shining Desert_12, 2018
Unglazed stoneware
13.25 x 9.5 x 9.75 in (33.7 x 24.1 x 24.8 cm)

Michael Dopp Shining Desert_14, 2018 Unglazed stoneware 19.5 x 10.25 x 9.75 in (49.5 x 26.0 x 24.8 cm)

Michael Dopp
Shining Desert_14, 2018
Unglazed stoneware
19.5 x 10.25 x 9.75 in (49.5 x 26.0 x 24.8 cm)