teething

Imitate and thy shall learn.

Imitate daddy, imitate mummy. Nobody tells baby that but that’s what baby does. Look, look, look. Imitate, imitate, imitate. So cute, so sweet. Such double standards. Do it any other time of your life and the jury will hastily dismiss your plea of innocence. Bystanders will bark in applause. Accusations will recline vindicated and unsavoury appellations will firmly stand to reason: a choice of ape, cheat, freeloader, plagiarist or one eyed pirate. At other times you could be hauled to court, for violation of copyright.

Just a question: Whom do babies imitate when they crawl? Ants?

Proceed and you will be past the Age of Imitation. Is there a collection of poems in that? Can’t tell. Proceed and you will discover new ways to learn. A time will come when you are even told that the best way to learn is to teach. (Now, now, haven’t we all met a misled professor in our time?)

Instruct and thy shall learn.

Teach others to write a book and you will have written your first book. Not to forget that it will heavily camouflage the nerves first time novelists suffer from. And if you are lucky you could end up an author.