The trick to getting the pen to tell the future is not found in the pen, the hand that holds it, nor the paper that is to be written upon. The trick is found in the ink that lies waiting in the glass bottle, an obsidian liquid always sad until permitted to shed its secrets. It must be a particular type of ink, a particular color, a particular consistency, for substitutions will only tell lies, create false images, and—in general—obscure the truth. The careful hand must fill the pen gently with the correct ink, and once filled with the sad liquid now made happy, the pen reveals a tale that seems to write itself across the page--a confluence of letters and pictures that were really always there. The trick is to know that the future lies just beneath the surface, that the ink does not write it but instead summons it from the ether of the blank page. The true master knows the nature and properties of the ink. More than just a tool, the ink is both muse and magician, making the invisible visible, telling the story that had always wanted to be told but had never had the chance.
Me, I draw, but I believe you're definitely on to something here...
ReplyDeleteThe trick to getting the pen to tell the future is not found in the pen, the hand that holds it, nor the paper that is to be written upon. The trick is found in the ink that lies waiting in the glass bottle, an obsidian liquid always sad until permitted to shed its secrets. It must be a particular type of ink, a particular color, a particular consistency, for substitutions will only tell lies, create false images, and—in general—obscure the truth. The careful hand must fill the pen gently with the correct ink, and once filled with the sad liquid now made happy, the pen reveals a tale that seems to write itself across the page--a confluence of letters and pictures that were really always there. The trick is to know that the future lies just beneath the surface, that the ink does not write it but instead summons it from the ether of the blank page. The true master knows the nature and properties of the ink. More than just a tool, the ink is both muse and magician, making the invisible visible, telling the story that had always wanted to be told but had never had the chance.
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