Simply lovely! Stew is definitely a metaphor for the creative process, and let’s not forget the waiting bit… I get the bits and pieces chopped and in the pot but then it has to sit and… stew. As impatient as I feel, there’s a time when there’s not really much more I can DO for the project, except wait for it to come together. Listening for the sounds that tell me the watery beginnings have thickened into something substantial. The smell that tells me that the sharp, raw bits have mellowed and softened. And then the taste- where the disparate parts have become a unified whole.
Ah yes… stew is a lovely metaphor!
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thanks for sharing this…makes me think about the coffee bar i want to open up every time i have a hard time with [isn't it always something?].
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This really is a parable for life, love, and (especially) motherhood. Your descriptives powers are awesome; I really felt like I was in there, smelling, touching, tasting. Thank you Hiro. :)

In response to your question – what I (am learning to) do “in the sting and suck” of my creative process is to keep cutting those darn onions (even if I go through a box of tissue doing it), you know? So I try to keep on keepin’ on
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