Asked by Avery Williams

Select the text that best supports the theme that the right inspiration can spark fresh interest and curiosity.

When the email arrived with her class schedule for the new school year, Shera stared at it in horror. Ceramics? She didn't know the first thing about art, and she had her heart set on taking a gardening class. She sighed and filled out a schedule change form.
As luck would have it, ceramics was Shera's first-period class, so on the first day of school, she found herself in a room she had never seen, with people she hardly knew. She was quick to inform the teacher that she had requested a schedule change, so she wouldn't be here long.
"That's okay," the teacher said. "I'm happy to have you here today, anyway!"
After reviewing the rules and taking attendance, the teacher explained some of the techniques they would learn. Unfortunately, ceramics were even more complicated than Shera had imagined—if the clay was too moist or too dry, if parts were too thin or too thick, or if the kiln ran too hot or too cold, you might have to start all over. No thanks, Shera thought, letting her eyes wander around the room. They landed on a bright, lovely lotus flower. She did a double-take; those delicate, upturned petals had been sculpted, not grown. As soon as she had the chance, she went to look up close.
She shook her head in wonder. Had a student really made this? How had they gotten the colors so perfect? Where did they even begin?
On the second day of school, Shera once again found herself in the ceramics studio after learning her schedule could not be changed. She sighed as the other students filed in and the teacher gave everyone a block of clay, instructing them to play around with different techniques of pinching and coiling to shape it. The teacher then put on soft, soothing music while the students began. Shera took a deep breath and began kneading the clay into petals, smiling with satisfaction as the rough shape of a poppy bloomed in her hands. She found herself humming along to the music, imagining a vase full of sculpted flowers.

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"They landed on a bright, lovely lotus flower. She did a double-take; those delicate, upturned petals had been sculpted, not grown. As soon as she had the chance, she went to look up close. She shook her head in wonder. Had a student really made this? How had they gotten the colors so perfect? Where did they even begin?"

This passage shows how seeing the lotus sparked Shera's curiosity and fresh interest in ceramics.