In ceramics the worst thing is when you take out a batch of pottery from a bisque fire and its all in tact then you notice on your favorite piece theres a crack, your in the in between stages, before you could add a bit of slip and seal it up, but now, now your stuck and no matter how much glaze you throw on it or coat it in, its never fixed, it will forever have that crack. But i still find myself adding layers and layers of glaze in hopes it seals or at the vary least no-one notices. recently ive been feeling like the pottery, and the glaze is my accomplishments, positive attributes, goals, skills, experiences, knowledge. But im still cracked, still leaking water, and now only decoration, if even that.