No Claim as Artist

the craft of writing, the discipline, phrasing, and words - this art I take seriously and apply myself with effort to all such skills. Yet that's all I'm able to claim, inspiration itself is simply the grace of what's received. My role, and the effort that's applied, is to arrange in artful manner the gift of given words. As such, as a writer, I am as much an instrument as pen, or keyboard, I am as clear and open as first page or empty screen. There's no effort to inspiration, no petitioning for this grace to happen - only the willingness to be set aside for the important matter of allowing what's to come, without the interference of my claim as artist. I write - but only what's been given. That which gives, is always known as mystery. 

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Peace,

Eric