Today's Word - 'Novice'
Eyes cast downwards, he feasts on
the blank sheet, abandons a mumbled prayer to the scrivener’s god, and lets
himself wander lost into the white blizzard of wordlessness.
His tapping nib sends a spray of
obsidian blobs, footprints of a Lilliputian army, to mar the serene beauty.
They must belong to the pacing monks who clutter up the quiet contemplation of
his mind’s cloister.
With creative fervour now burning
his cheeks, and mindful concentration fluttering his lashes, his hand begins to
move. Soon tight grip cramping words give up a line, then two, before
self-doubt snags his sleeve. The careful scaffolding is undermined and blocks
crash down, thudding about him, scratching out his thoughts. Back and forth
black lines scrape grooves. Back and forth rattles the shuttle as the loom
weaves the one truth – there will always be days when you are a novice.
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