All Na-Tu-Ral

I had the hardest time coming up with a writing technology, and I blame it on today's society. Looking around my house for ideas there are things like Ipods, televisions, stereos, cellphones, where was my creative inspiration. I had to sit down and think simple. First when looking around the house I was thinking about using the television as a graphical representation of hypocricy, then I just had to take a break. I sat outside, just for a little bit, and though about the whole clay thing, but I didn't have any clay. The hardest thing for me was that there were plenty of sharp objects to write with, but what was I going to write on. So I tried my hand at making my own clay. I dug up some dirt from the big mudpile next to the trash and put it in a bag. It was loose and I had to make it sticky and smooth, so I added some water to make it the right consistency. Once I got it just right I put it into a baking pan and let it sit and harden under a bright light . It worked! Sharpened a stick with another stick and began to carve into my self made clay. I was surprised how well it worked, and equally surprised that I had been racking my brain for hours coming up with such a natural, abundant, realistic writing technology. Dirt is everywhere, water is everywhere, and the sun (my lamp) shines everywhere. I think my invention touches on the readings in that who would think dirt and water would be used as technology, just as know one saw the pencil being a technology. Everything has a use, it's just how one uses it and puts it to use;)