Figure 5 Lindsay Allington, Common Courtesy, 2003. Soda-fired stoneware. H. 12". Inscribed: “common (kmn) of or relating to the community as whole; public. widespread; prevalent, occurring frequently or habitually; usual. / not distinguished by superior or noteworthy characterisitcs. of no special quality, standard, mediocre, inferior. either masculine of feminine in gender. representing one or all of the members of a class; not designating a unique entity.”