Overcoming Dough Fear

To me, dough is intimidating. It is a living, breathing thing that can do whatever it wants. When cooking vegetables or meat, the variables that go into the cooking process are very controllable. Baking is a different matter, humidity, temperature, sugar content, etc. all go into the final product. So now here I am, at the cusp of overcoming my fear of dough. What is the reason to overcome? I have peaked over the fear and seen the immense potential in bread. It is a fluent artistic way of creating food. Unlike the aggresive heat of a stovetop, the oven blankets the dough, just urging it to puff and crust. Another draw to the dough, its price. Making bread the other day required, flour, water, salt, & yeast...Amazing. While it is just the beginning of our relationship, and still figuring one another out, the first few baking trials might miss. But once we begin to dance, the music never stops.