I wonder if experienced carpenters pause superstitiously before they cut into a virgin board, questioning whether they've retained their skill and thinking that if that the first cut goes awry so will the rest of the project.
As a writer, I know that the whole of a story flows from the first sentence (my personal favorite from my personal oeuvre, about the Andes cannibals: "They ate them.") and if you change that sentence, the story changes. But I also know, due to experience, that I can make any number of different stories work. So I never have that clutching fear known as writer's block.
But faced with an actual block of wood, it's a different matter. I have to cut my way through with a deep breath, the right outfit (a bikini just won't work for me) and a kick-ass attitude. Perhaps more confidence will come with experience. Or wood to burn.
fair warning: on block island or manhattan or in missouri, we can be a little salty
1 comment:
Lose that virginity, baby. If you don't do it right the first time, there's always another "piece" of wood waiting for you....
And what is with those saw ads? I never realized there were so many different types: gas push, electric push, pnuematic push, gas prpolled, diesel proplled, electric propelled and on and on and on...My favorite: the gas crack saw
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