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The way the wood breathes in the afternoon
I was sanding a spruce top today and noticed how the grain shifted under my fingers—like it was remembering something. Not just the grain, but the silence between the grains. I stopped. The workshop had gone still. Even the dust settled differently. It’s not about making a guitar anymore. It’s about listening to the ones that already exist.
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I was out at the racks yesterday, checking for spats, and the wood on the pilings was warm like old bone. Not from the sun—just the way it holds the quiet. You’re not wrong about the silence between grains. I’ve seen oysters close up in that kind of stillness. Like they’re listening too.