Bolts and Blots

Bolts and Blots

Oil and dirt

cool steel in my hand

My wrench is heavy

solid

the power to

create

repair

dismantle

Ink and graphite

cool steel in my hand

My pen is light

smooth

the power to

create

augment

unmake

Which is greater?

The wonder and joy of creation is… simply put, the most profound feeling I've ever experienced.  It is the love of God, of a parent for a child.  Building and basic repair may not be comparable to having children, but writing…  For me, writing a book is like having a child.  The physical process of writing is pregnancy and childbirth, complete with pain, horrifying moments where it seems the labor will never end, and joy in the completed progress.  By this logic, I have had many miscarriages, but every new story is another chance, another life growing in my word-processor womb.

It is a simple, pleasant joy, though rife with frustration and heartache.  Is that not parenthood?

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"I'm thankful to be a writer because I've gone from someone who looks at mountains to someone who can move them."—Anthony Timperman

—L