Things can harden meaningfully in the moment of indecision
Imagine a painter crucified by his subject!
Part of the strength of Pollock and Rothko's art, in fact, is this doubt as to whether art may be there at all.
I write with experiences in mind, but I don't write about them, I write out of them.
I tried each thing, only some were immortal and free.
Each servant stamps the reader with a look.