The worst crime is to leave a man’s hands empty.
\nMen are born makers, with that primal simplicity
\nin every maker since Adam. This is pre-history,<\/p>\n
that itching instinct in the criss-crossed net
\nof their palms, its wickerwork. They could not
\nstay idle too long. The chained wrists couldn’t forget<\/p>\n
the carver for whom antelopes leapt, or
\nthe bow-maker the shaft, or the armourer
\nhis nail-studs, the shield held up to Hector<\/p>\n
that was the hammerer’s art.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Omeros
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The worst crime is to leave a man’s hands empty. Men are born makers, with that primal simplicity in every maker since Adam. This is pre-history, that itching instinct in the criss-crossed net of their palms, its wickerwork. They could not stay idle too long. The chained wrists couldn’t forget the carver for whom antelopes leapt, or the bow-maker the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnestes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnestes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnestes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnestes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnestes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/johnestes.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnestes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnestes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnestes.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}