Thank you for this piece, Rhyd, as it intersects my life in numerous ways I didn't expect.
I have also been writing, although I've been working on fiction more than essays. And the shapeshifter is one of the biggest trends out there right now, to the point that it is impossible to avoid. While most is of that "gay romance" genre written b…
Thank you for this piece, Rhyd, as it intersects my life in numerous ways I didn't expect.
I have also been writing, although I've been working on fiction more than essays. And the shapeshifter is one of the biggest trends out there right now, to the point that it is impossible to avoid. While most is of that "gay romance" genre written by and for straight women, I find it sort of dovetails with larger cultural trends (like the current furor around gender), as if we are all transforming into something new. Or at least feel constrained by the old forms.
And as an artist, I've worked with stone for over thirty years and I can say there is a spirit within it. While I've met plenty of New Age Crystal Clutchers that take this to extremes, there is something (in each individual stone as well as types of stone) that must be accommodated if you want to create anything. Ask any artist and they'll probably tell you how much of the process is staring at the block of stone, or a blank canvas trying to let it tell you what it wants to be. It's a form of magic, but one I can't really explain.
Thank you for this piece, Rhyd, as it intersects my life in numerous ways I didn't expect.
I have also been writing, although I've been working on fiction more than essays. And the shapeshifter is one of the biggest trends out there right now, to the point that it is impossible to avoid. While most is of that "gay romance" genre written by and for straight women, I find it sort of dovetails with larger cultural trends (like the current furor around gender), as if we are all transforming into something new. Or at least feel constrained by the old forms.
And as an artist, I've worked with stone for over thirty years and I can say there is a spirit within it. While I've met plenty of New Age Crystal Clutchers that take this to extremes, there is something (in each individual stone as well as types of stone) that must be accommodated if you want to create anything. Ask any artist and they'll probably tell you how much of the process is staring at the block of stone, or a blank canvas trying to let it tell you what it wants to be. It's a form of magic, but one I can't really explain.