Really nice perspective on that procreation/writer analogy! I hear a lot from a pagan perspective, too, about maiden/mother/crone and how "mother" can be of creative projects, too.
I am learning a lot about love and creativity, and re-discovering it, and realizing that there is an openness and forgiving attitude to love and creation, an almost amoral but not malign curiosity, but there are an awful lot of writer analogies with birthing, and I'm trying to reconcile it to what I want the analogy to be. I'm glad you did it with gardening!
Yes, creative doesn't have to mean birthing, and nurturing doesn't have to mean mothering. The more we can ungender these things the happier we'll be, I think.
"But the writer in her wanted him to go down on her against the walls of the Pantheon just so she could tell the story, later, of being worshiped outside the hall of all gods."
This is so relatable haha! Also a poignant reflection of how women envision the kind of stories they can tell based on societal norms and kitsch romances.
Anyway, I'm so excited for you! Best of luck with the new novel!
Really nice perspective on that procreation/writer analogy! I hear a lot from a pagan perspective, too, about maiden/mother/crone and how "mother" can be of creative projects, too.
I am learning a lot about love and creativity, and re-discovering it, and realizing that there is an openness and forgiving attitude to love and creation, an almost amoral but not malign curiosity, but there are an awful lot of writer analogies with birthing, and I'm trying to reconcile it to what I want the analogy to be. I'm glad you did it with gardening!
Yes, creative doesn't have to mean birthing, and nurturing doesn't have to mean mothering. The more we can ungender these things the happier we'll be, I think.
"But the writer in her wanted him to go down on her against the walls of the Pantheon just so she could tell the story, later, of being worshiped outside the hall of all gods."
This is so relatable haha! Also a poignant reflection of how women envision the kind of stories they can tell based on societal norms and kitsch romances.
Anyway, I'm so excited for you! Best of luck with the new novel!
I'm so glad it's relatable -- there are so many weird things I've done just for the story, and I didn't think others would understand.