How does an octopus respond to a human touch and can we stay calm enough to feel past our instinctive squirm response?
I would like to imagine that my hand feels as cool to the octopus as the octopus feels to me.
either way there is a connection and that is everything.
It takes guts (excuse the pun) for a little fish to flirt with an octopus. Just look at that smirk!
This is clearly a sure sign of naivety but especially with fish, bravery comes in numbers – schools … with a price, because …
we all know that an octopus can get into anything, find a snack in the smallest of places and (cover your eyes) eat it.
Watch Out Little Fish!
I’ve been making octopuses from this amazingly translucent Canadian Polar Ice porcelain. They are as white as white can be. But a person needs to branch out and explore and a very Black clay has been calling me. Octopuses in black? Yes, well … yes.
hush … here comes 2 now
This one is so curious and comes right up to me.
We have a good long stare at each other,
eye to eye.
Then she slides away and she’s gone. 
Oh wait here comes another! Be very still now … This one is pretty brave, right away she comes right up to me a closer look at me. Am I a friend or a foe or just dinner?
Oh! There she goes, guess I’m not eatable. 
All very sweet and innocent …. but I’ve learned not to be taken in by such graceful appearances. Under immense white hot heat in the kiln, tempers fly!
Looks are given
Moves are made
a Battle ensues
It seems there is always someone who will take a bully down
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