http://elyseum.tribe.net/thread/ba08598f-42bf-47e1-bd30-6a58a94bd8ef?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://elyseum.tribe.net/thread/ba08598f-42bf-47e1-bd30-6a58a94bd8ef#4cfc79c3-8307-4745-8874-be33db78808c Wow... What I like is the simple analogy of blacksmithing with therapy. It would be glib to simply SAY that therapy is like smithing but the process is the proof. Great! Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:36:22 GMT http://elyseum.tribe.net/thread/ba08598f-42bf-47e1-bd30-6a58a94bd8ef#4cfc79c3-8307-4745-8874-be33db78808c SENSEI 2008-10-05T11:36:22Z http://elyseum.tribe.net/thread/ba08598f-42bf-47e1-bd30-6a58a94bd8ef#ec7e7b62-9c86-4ca2-90f2-ed86ccd3fd4b Iron lies softening in the withering heat, nesting in coals and awaiting with patience (or not so much) that signal shade, the brightness that ventures just shy of raw sunlight but only appears in the oak-shuttered shade of the smithy. My hammer falls to no shimmering, sword-movie shower of sparks, but a satisfied if strangely muted thud, which means “yes” in the language of iron. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:16:57 GMT http://elyseum.tribe.net/thread/ba08598f-42bf-47e1-bd30-6a58a94bd8ef#ec7e7b62-9c86-4ca2-90f2-ed86ccd3fd4b Brennan 2008-07-25T01:16:57Z