It’s axiomatic that writers are scribbling with such perseverance that they make the insects seem dull. (And if you’ve ever taken a course in entomology you know that the bugs are the most caffeinated creatures going).
BTW I once took a course in entomology when I was a callow freshman and looking for what I hoped would be an easy science course. I loved the class! And the professor looked a great deal like Jeff Goldblum in “The Fly” though that remake wouldn’t come along for years.
Writing is like digging a hole at the beach. If you stop it gets harder.
Writing is like the beach itself. You never know what will wash up.
Writing is unlike all other human activities. Writing has no analogy.
Writing is entirely analogy.
Writing is the nose you would have if you had a choice in the matter.
It’s the shadow of the grape harvester’s knife.
If nothing else it’s a daily practice. More important than the weather report. Ezra Pound paid no attention to the weather report. Walt Whitman was his own weather.
S.K.
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