Knots and Taps and Rivers of Words

It can happen that you tie a knot somewhere in yourself. A knot in a fluid pipe in your body. Perhaps in your brain. It can happen that you then tie a second knot to block out the first knot. And then a third knot to hide the second. And on it goes. Before you know it your brain and body is in a knot and it's hard to untie. When your body's in a knot like this, it's hard to write. Think of it as a closed water tap. Words don't flow. To fix the tap you need to go in and untie the knots. You have to start at the latest knot and work your way back to the first knot. Once all the knots are untied, the words will start to flow. Slowly at first but then gradually faster. Until finally you have whole river systems of words to choose from. Whole deltas. To pull out the words you have to have readers and listeners. And their eyes and ears help to pull the words from you. Sometimes it happens that people are discouraged from writing. Either by a parent, a sibling, a friend. Or indeed by a government. But a writer's words can only be kept inside for so long before they have to burst out into the world. Their rivers of words sustain others. They help to explain the world. Our storytellers help us to shape experience. They help us to mould the world. Storytellers should be treasured. And defended. Not persecuted and silenced. They should be encouraged to open their taps and let their rivers of words flow.

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