Isn't this part of your heart of flesh - heart of stone dichotomy though, the hard becoming soft, the frozen beginning to move? And the phrasing of "coming to life" -- rejecting the heart of stone not just for softness, but for living, for openness to others, for creativity -- is beautifully conveyed through the imagery there.
I say write your opening, and keep going. You can always excise it later if you so choose. Or maybe you can have Solveig dreaming that she is one of the statues, frozen and unable to move, waiting for the Thaw.
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Isn't this part of your heart of flesh - heart of stone dichotomy though, the hard becoming soft, the frozen beginning to move? And the phrasing of "coming to life" -- rejecting the heart of stone not just for softness, but for living, for openness to others, for creativity -- is beautifully conveyed through the imagery there.
I say write your opening, and keep going. You can always excise it later if you so choose. Or maybe you can have Solveig dreaming that she is one of the statues, frozen and unable to move, waiting for the Thaw.
(Also, v. amused by "moving statutes.")