goethe also called writing "the reproduction of the world around me by means of the internal world which takes hold of, combines, creates anew, kneads everything and puts it down again in its own form, manner"

i like that. writing as bread-making, writer as the knead-er; the stuff comes from everywhere, in and out, usually unrecognizeable--what exactly is a yeast and why does it come in those odd little crumbs? we don't make yeast, we don't make flour, few of us make milk (and i don't think any of us have tried baking with it!), but we make the bread; there is no bread without the maker.

kneader.

weaver.