Can we talk about the thrill of matching broken pieces together?
I was at a field school in Greece last year, and we had this box of ceramic fragments. For days, we sorted through them, nothing fitting. Then, one afternoon, I picked up a piece and it just clicked with another. The edges matched perfectly, revealing part of a vase design. It was such a simple moment, but it felt huge. Suddenly, all those hours made sense. We could start to see what the whole thing might have looked like. It's these small wins that remind me why I love this work.