She's got the whole world in her hands - Ceramist Manon Vande Putte
Resilience, I have come to learn, is not something that comes with the heritage of our birth. People may be born poor and seeing their parents struggle, seeing them get up and brush off problems, may learn that way to overcome issues. We may also find ourselves developing resilience despite being born with a tag of privilege and plenty. Manon Vande Putte's story is very striking in this sense to me. She's a young ceramic artist and a business owner in Brussels. I had contacted her to understand how she had settled into her choice of profession but while getting to that story, I uncovered a very interesting past that led her down this path. Manon had a stable childhood with loving and supportive parents. She's aware that she didn't miss having anything as a child. She's also aware that she comes from a world that didn't have access to different cultures growing up. Very young, she also started being aware about how our society was filled with inequalities bet...
