My Fiancé's Uncle is Obsessed With Me!
If I stopped resisting it and instead followed it, incorporated it, let it guide the form rather than constrain it, it could work.
I picked up the chisel and began to work with the stone rather than against it. The change was immediate, almost magical. The figure began to breathe, to stretch, to reach toward the light with a hunger that felt alive. I worked for hours without pause, without thirst or hunger or awareness of time passing, in the flow state I'd thought I'd lost forever.
When I finally stopped, the light had shifted to evening gold, and the figure stood before me complete. Not perfect—perfection was never the goal—but true. Honest. Alive in a way that made my throat tighten with