{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Harvard Gazette","provider_url":"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette","author_name":"gazetteimport","author_url":"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/author\/gazetteimport\/","title":"Joy in mudville &#8212; Harvard Gazette","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"XnqlqXlOx5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2001\/11\/harvard-gazette-joy-in-mudville\/\">Joy in mudville<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2001\/11\/harvard-gazette-joy-in-mudville\/embed\/#?secret=XnqlqXlOx5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Joy in mudville&#8221; &#8212; Harvard Gazette\" data-secret=\"XnqlqXlOx5\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"What could be more fun than playing in the mud? Imagine this: Slippery mounds of oozing clay seeping through your fingers, dramatically changing shape under shifting pressures. Your eyes trained on a rising gray slab-becoming-cylinder, growing taller (and more delicate) as you guide, pull, stroke carefully up ... wheel spinning, knees steady, back tense, a little more even pressure from both hands ... gently lifting, lifting, steady, and then, then ... Thwack! The 15-inch vase of your dreams flies across the room, hits a wall and slides down to the studio floor in a heap of gray slop. You get to clean up and start all over. New clay, new throwing determination, new dreamy vase\/pot\/bowl idea to obsess upon, and a host of witnesses who cant wait to watch you do it all over again. Theres nothing better.","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/dev.news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/11\/14-pot1-450-11.jpg"}