So I’m just stumbling through a forum thread while looking for information on the “tsuba”.

See, I figure I can make a katana from scratch. Well, a wooden one anyway. Y’know, for display and such. Hell, when I mentioned it to Jade she got excited and asked me to make a Lesbian Sword. I can’t imagine a better or more inspirational challenge!

So I’m thinking about the parts that make up a katana, and how I’m going to completely do My Own Thing in My Own Way, but I don’t want to ignore any useful functionality or anything like that. So I remember seeing these holes in the DIY Katana adverts on stuff, like a li’l blorpy-bit in the “tsuba” which is the handguard of the sword.

I ended up on a forum where a guy answered the question, talking about how they’re there to quickly draw the knives that are typically hooked to the outside of a katana’s scabbard. OR, for a “peace tie” where you’d loop something through the hole and secure it to show that you’re not down for fighting, you’re just wearing your sword because swords rock and are purty.

So I read the guy’s signature and it goes like this:

“Storytellers and writers are all gods and goddesses, to a one. Musicians are their host, painters their scribes, and actors their saints–but all arts start with a story to tell.”

The guy’s name is Vincent Dolan on the forum, but when I search up the quote it appears to be a quote from writer Julian M. Miles, who seems quite interesting. Here’s his website, I think he sounds pretty cool.

Honestly, anybody that can make such a great quote about us writers MUST be pretty damn cool. I kind of love it, that quote, and I kind of love it pretty hard. Makes me feel a bit… I dunno, important to the world. Like my stories are something that are necessary and needed, and special and good.

Anyway, I’ll have stories later. For now, a great quote about being a storyteller.