Transformation through Fire: Soul and Glass

​Through the transformational fire:  Glass and Soul                
I dreamt I was making glass beads last night, again.
I loved the process, both in the studio and in the inner world.
I love: 
How glass rods turn into bright liquid in the torch
The molten glass, like honey, coalesces into balls of color
Any movement from true center, any distraction, and the center shifts
The glass moves to the side and then the exquisite recalibration begins.
Did you know that glass wants to be round?
Do you know that our souls long for expression?
It is a collaboration among the glass, the rod which holds it and extreme heat.
And me.
The delicate dance of taking a solid into a molten state (I have burn marks)
Shifting gravity, carefully adding elements, calculating coefficients
(you cannot combine 104 with borosilicate)
It is a mystery, really.
Glass wants to be round.
Soul longs to be expressed.
Then, when the bead is finished, when the marks of the cold smasher is smoothed over
By air drying in a lower flame
Then, comes the slow cooling off period. 
Inserting the bead in the 950 degree kiln
More heat to temper the glass
Which has already gone through many firings
From sand and minerals and fierce heat to a solid rod
To a molten liquid
Again to a solid
When cooled to perfection, annealed, made strong as not to break
The mystery reveals a beauty beyond compare.
Did you know that glass and soul want to become what they are?