Phenomenal piece! You captured how I feel almost exactly, although I hadn't given it any focussed thought before reading this. Good writing. I wanted to be an archeologist when I was a boy. I also lost a piece, although it was only a morning's work. I wrote about it here: https://ryanwinfield.substack.com/p/the-edges-of-the-day?r=b6ynm&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
thank you so much! i considered not publishing it since it was a bit rushed... i also wanted to be an archaeologist, and even studied it in college, but went on to do other things. probably for the best, but i still love it. your essay was wonderful. thanks for sharing it. maybe there's a bright side to losing a piece :-)
I'm glad you did. It's a great piece. Especially loved this bit: "So long as we donтАЩt get lost there. In the consolation or exoticism of antiquity. In refuge from the disappointments of a disconcerting present and an indifferent future. In the romanticism of ages burnished and buffed of their battle-scarred edges so they shine brightly. On dark paths cleared of their thorny brambles, so they travel cleanly without pricks and stings."
Phenomenal piece! You captured how I feel almost exactly, although I hadn't given it any focussed thought before reading this. Good writing. I wanted to be an archeologist when I was a boy. I also lost a piece, although it was only a morning's work. I wrote about it here: https://ryanwinfield.substack.com/p/the-edges-of-the-day?r=b6ynm&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
thank you so much! i considered not publishing it since it was a bit rushed... i also wanted to be an archaeologist, and even studied it in college, but went on to do other things. probably for the best, but i still love it. your essay was wonderful. thanks for sharing it. maybe there's a bright side to losing a piece :-)
I'm glad you did. It's a great piece. Especially loved this bit: "So long as we donтАЩt get lost there. In the consolation or exoticism of antiquity. In refuge from the disappointments of a disconcerting present and an indifferent future. In the romanticism of ages burnished and buffed of their battle-scarred edges so they shine brightly. On dark paths cleared of their thorny brambles, so they travel cleanly without pricks and stings."
that means a lot coming from a writer like yourself :-)