The Art of Shaping

On Annah’s world, a tradition exists that has faded at the time the novel begins–the art of Shaping, which is the notion of using one’s creative talents–what one does best, and best loves to do–both to connect oneself to others, and to connect others to Spirit/Divinity/Goddess/God/word of your choice.  In the novel, not everyone is a Shaper–or at least it isn’t seen this way.  But then, Annah’s world has some issues when the first novel begins, just as our world does. I do think that in our world, right now, we can consciously choose to use the things we do, the talents we have, to make connections, and to connect others who may feel alone.  And this seems to me to be a pretty damn important thing to do.  No one needs to feel alone, because we’re all part of one another.  And maybe that’s not magic.  But maybe it is