I DON’T have a book inside of me?

So says Mark McGuinness at Lateral Action.

No, he’s absolutely right. And the reason I’m linking to him is this:

Even before he raised his hammer, Michelangelo located the phantom shape inside a specific stone out there in the world - not inside himself. He didn’t run around for years doing other stuff, telling himself his statues were safe and sound inside him, and ‘one day’ he’d get round to taking sculpture classes. He began with a lump of rock and usually a commission. Both of them supplied by a rich, powerful and very demanding client - just in case he needed any extra incentive to put the hours in.

See? Now you guys are my rich, powerful, very demanding clients.

And I’m the author who’s going to get down to it now. Update #4, coming later today.