Why write?

“Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved tunnels of leaf miners on the face of a leaf. We must somehow take a wider view, look at the whole landscape, really see it, and describe what’s going on here. Then we can at least wail the right questions into the swaddling band of darkness, or, if it comes to that, choir the proper praise.” –Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

2 thoughts on “Why write?

  1. How magnificently stated.

    On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 4:52 PM Life in the Multiverse wrote:

    > Janna Urschel posted: ” “Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of > mystery, like the idle, curved tunnels of leaf miners on the face of a > leaf. We must somehow take a wider view, look at the whole landscape, > really see it, and describe what’s going on here. Then we can at l” >

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