I have been rather fortunate in that my scalpel rarely strays from the intended path. Yet of course occasionally it wanders, slicing as it goes (fortunately all skin is intact!). This latest deviation from the path was really quite delightful. Ok, so let’s be honest here. That wasn’t my first thought. I am just being polite not to share the first word that popped into my head at the time, especially, as is so often the case, when you are nearing the end of a piece, this tends to happen. But yes, serendipitously delightful. The section that I originally wanted to retain in the work and now forcibly abandoned happened to be the words ‘Wisdom and life’.

I’m sure there is a lesson in this somewhere!