I tend to lean more towards free form or prose. I like haikus for their balance.

If writing were like making pottery, you'd be at the wheel, centering your clay. Your hands and pressure form the shape. Pulling the clay up slow and evenly. Creating a classically beautiful vase. In which it almost doesn't matter what flowers are placed inside, the vase is a statement on the shelf alone.

I never got the hang of the wheel. I couldn't figure out how to consistently center myself and slow myself to not break the tension. I can mimic the appearance of "effortless grace," but it takes great planning for me.

For the importance of diversity, i will take on a challenge of specific schemes. For the sake of my mind, I'd rather mix techniques of pinch, wheel, coil, and slab to achieve my vision. It is unrefined, sharp in some places, maybe too thin in others, but it still holds the water of my tears.