Silk Shirt Metaphor - Part 2

As you can see, I like choices. This is a photo of a few of my artworks. A few! Really.

Let me go back to that statement: “Writing well is like a closetful of silk shirts.” I want something lovely that’s not super-fancy. Something I can put on and take off again. I need to be able to change my mind; that’s the kind of person I am.

I want to be able to like one sort of writing one day, and have an entirely different opinion about what I want to dress myself in the next.

Today, for example, I’m wondering which silk shirt should I wear, Stick with me as I empty out the writing closet. I’m going to hold each thought up and feel it -, by which I mean, I’m going to write about good writing. And at the same time, I’m going to be continually trying to figure it all out.

The Silk Shirt Metaphor

The title of this blog is a metaphor. Blogging in general is a metaphor for something else. A metaphor for some kind of feeling, perhaps.

Metaphors work best when they make a connection for you, something you’ve never quite thought of before, but once you do think of it, or once someone tells you that this might be like that, it makes absolutely perfect sense. Metaphors are one of those things we all use sometimes, but when you start reading and writing poetry, they become much more familiar.

I’ve decided writing well is more like a closetful of silk shirts than it is like a platter of cupcakes. Don’t believe me? Well, okay. You’re entitled to your opinion.