The Line of Words Fingers your own Heart...

Annie Dillard, I wish I wrote what you wrote.

The Writing Life the line of words fingers your own heart is such a great line in this book.  I would have to agree with Dillard on this one.  The line of words lies within your own self.  Her paragraph about writing with the blood that pours out from a line of words that are traveling through the arteries and muscles inside the body, I enjoyed.  The description of words flowing through the body and coming out as blood to write with is both dark and very awesome at the same time.  They can be stuck hidden and not exposed, but what good is that going to do? Dillard's dark side comes out when she says to poke through the spot as hard as you can till you see blood and write with it.  I take this to mean, give it all you got when writing.  I especially like the image of the spot never healing and it keeps spilling out the blood (as least this is how I read it).  Use the power of your words to continue writing.