The Shocking Truth! All Is Revealed!!
Posted on | May 22, 2010 |
To those who regularly follow my blog (thanks, Marnie! And thanks Garima. Oh, and Uncle Bill, too.) have sometimes asked the me a very personal question, the answer to which has been concealed until now: What’s the link between your two loves, writing and restoring motorcycles?
I’ll reveal all, now. When I restore motorcycle, the older the better, I take something that is not complete, not running, and perhaps in very bad shape. I give it love and attention. I free what is stuck, I replace corroded parts, and I remake parts that cannot be found. The result is a machine that works again, with all its personal character intact.
When I work with writers I do almost the exact same thing. I free up the parts of the mind that are stuck, I give guidance to replace negative, corrosive, messages with positive ones, and where certain skills are missing I encourage the writer to develop and grow them. I do this not to make the writer write and think like everyone else, but so that the writer can use words to think through the things that are essentially unique to that person, and to discover truths the lie deep within.
Every writer has different needs; every restoration presents different problems. In each case that which had been considered (by some) as past recall is given a new and wonderful chance at life.
Make sense now? No, I thought not…..
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May 23rd, 2010 @ 12:42 pm
Sorry Allan,
But for anyone who knows you this is not shocking news !
You accept the motorcycle or the writer where they are in the moment, treating them with your unique kind of unconditional love. And with your careful, patient, professional guidance, soon they are restored to their original beauty.
I knew that already !
My turn to smile,
Jean
May 23rd, 2010 @ 12:52 pm
Very eloquently put. The skills of mending, cleaning, problem solving, revising, and refining are applicable to a variety of tasks. It is so satisfying to realize one’s ability to adapt one’s talents to all sorts of circumstances.
May 23rd, 2010 @ 6:47 pm
Yes, I knew you would understand. Thanks so much for posting!
Allan
May 23rd, 2010 @ 6:49 pm
And I thought I’d disguised my methods so well, too….. Forgive me, if you can, for comparing my students’ progress to motorcycle restoration, but I was trying to explore why I do what I do. Huge smile, Allan
May 24th, 2010 @ 8:00 pm
You are an skilled alchemist in both your pursuits.
May 24th, 2010 @ 10:33 pm
From you, Marnie, I value those words above diamonds and pearls!!
Huge smile, Allan