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
Call to action: make the investment, ditch something else, come to Winston-Salem
https://www.thebreathandtheclay.com
Order In The Low - NEW Book with Scott Erickson
Coaching with Justin
Order In Rest - New Book of Poems
NEW Single - Let Go
NEW Music - Sliver of Hope
NEW Music - The Dood and The Bird
