Pottery Wheel and the Thalamus of Brain: Shaping Clay, Shaping Knowledge

Abstract This article explores a unique analogy between the pottery wheel and the thalamus of human brain, highlighting their shared role as the dynamic centers of transformation. In pottery, spinning wheel allows a potter to mold shapeless clay into a functional and artistic form through deliberate motor actions and tactile feedback. Similarly, in human brain, the thalamus serves as a central relay station, processing sensory inputs and coordinating motor responses. These actions shape the brain’s internal structure of knowledge, known as brainpage modules in learnography. By comparing the potter’s craft to the process of learning, this article emphasizes the importance of motor science, task-based engagement, and sensory-motor integration in effective knowledge transfer. Obviously, learnography is a system of active knowledge transfer, where learning is constructed through action. The concept of learnography reframes academic learning as an active and brain-centered process. This met...