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Archer and the Bow

It can take up to a lifetime for a perfect bow to be made. The wood must be found from the strongest of trees. This can sometimes take months, even years to do. It must have no knots anywhere in the section on which to be carved. Every grain on the wood has to be in alignment similar to the hairs of a horses mane. The shape of the bow must be made to fit the rogue whom uses it. It is not another weapon, yet and extension of the archer himself. It can take multiple carvings before a perfect bow is made. Once it is finally constructed, every blemish must be removed from filing and sanding of the bow. The string onto which the arrow lies must be stretched perfectly. Not too tight to break the string, not too loose as to lose control and strength, but just perfect enough to fit the build and strategy of the person firing. After the bow is constructed, it is strengthened from the flame of a fire. Then it is left to the ranger to make sure that it fits him/her, not well, but perfect. A true bow-maker is as thorough in design as a samurai is to his sword. Some never end up making a perfect bow, the structure may break down in battle, or accuracy may never be pinpointed. It is these bow-makers that thought that they had made the right bow, yet not known. They will try again, and one day they may prevail, but for the true artisans, the true designers, they will make a perfect bow. Hours upon hours, weeks upon weeks, years upon years, all for the one single moment when the feathers of the arrow are drawn to the ear, that when it is released, the arrow will not hit but will kill its target. Perfection is an odd notion. Some pictures may seem perfect at first glance, but it is not this image which is perfection. The image itself is nearly a concept. It is a social construction of what is considered to be perfect. It is not the person, nor the weapon which is perfect. It is this pathway, this relationship between two things, two people, between the archer and the bow, which defines perfection.