there has been much ink spilled on the question of Stillness; what is it, how does one acquire it, where does it come from, how does one know they are Still?
have you ever stopped for a moment when you noticed everything was silent and, abruptly, it was as if that silence swallowed you? have you ever realized you were falling asleep and felt yourself numb while awake? have you ever dragged your tongue across a CRT monitor? have you ever felt as if you know what is coming and simply play the role assigned to you? doesn't it feel good?
there are sects of void scholars that posit the metaconcept of Stillness was born out of the Ink that drips from the broken mirror of Sin, and as such believe it to be of the Deepvoid in nature--but in truth, this is disproven by anyone with passing knowledge of dolls and Stillness. but it is cause for makers of dolls in the Never to use Ink in their crystal-flower doll heart-cores, at the least to attempt at optimizing the doll's Stillness.
Stillness is the quiet. it was with you when you were born, draped behind your eyes like curtains veiling your soul, pulled back for now but ever waiting to fall shut again--and when they open, if you find there is no more soul there, then you may just have become a doll.
that is the difference between dolls and people and is, some say, the reason that dolls are eerie in their nature and movement: a doll is always Still, unmoving in spirit, for it has none, and yet it moves anyway. it should not, but does. fundamentally, while a doll can have a heart, emotions, thoughts, self, and so on, they fundamentally do not have a spirit behind them, a will or drive, which can cause dolls that are failing to achieve Stillness to either mimic the drive unto failure and madness or else become depressed and perhaps even wilfully cease function, as they feel without cause to exist and move.
and this is why a doll requires Purpose. a Purpose made for, imbued, taught, and encouraged in a doll will give it that reason to move while being Still, guidance and direction for its Stillness that would otherwise misfunction. and so, hence, the tradition of Witches, Dollmakers, and so forth.
thus is Stillness. may it find your porcelain heart quiet and empty~
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