{"sf1_id":1973572,"sf2_id":"rm8K4Qe0","title":"Forgive Me, Art","author":"Star Ringer","words":91,"posted_at":"2023-04-06T05:57:00.000Z","tags":["Poetry"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1973572-forgive-me-art","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rm8K4Qe0","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/a0/1e/a01ea63c-d8fa-4cec-ae29-07c3afab0cd7","description":"","content":"I never want to destroy my art.  \n  \nBut I must.  \n  \nConcept must be cracked, shorn, mashed, cut, and shattered, if it is ever to be reality.  \n  \nIt is not, precisely, the worry that the product will not be as good as it might.  \n  \nIt is unwillingness to destroy that perfect idea.  \n  \nThere is pain in the creation. Because it is also destruction.  \n  \nI've long accepted imperfection in my work.  \n  \nBut what agony it is to subject a thought to the torture of realization.  \n  \nPlease forgive me.  \n  \n_With thanks to [Tale Foundry](https://thetalefoundry.com/about/)_  \n  \n  \n\n"}