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Most of us can, if we choose,
make this world either a palace or a prison.
~Lord Avebury


I choose a palace.
~TKF




Do not let your fire go out,
spark by irreplaceable spark,
in the hopeless swamps of the approximate,
the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all.
Do not let the hero in your soul perish,
in lonely frustration for the life you deserved,
but have never been able to reach.
Check your road and the nature of your battle.
The world you desired can be won.
It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.
~Ayn Rand




The democratic society's mythology of equality with its attendant erasure of difference is an impossibility in an actual, lived sense. Therefore, according to this view, this imaginary erasure cannot achieve an actual democracy, because a sense of community can only come with the recognition of difference.
~Slavoj Zizek, as paraphrased by Catherine M. Soussloff









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I'm 30-something and have 3 kids: Allen (18); Nikki (17); and Daniel (14)

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Beyond the Invisible
                   

The tale of the world is like a tree.
...
Sturdily rooted in the past, the tale's branches spread out through the days that come. The many stories that make up its substance unfold from bud to leaf to dry memory and back again, event connecting event like the threadwork of a spider's web, so that each creature of the world plays its part, understanding only aspects of the overall narrative, and perceiving, each with its particular talents, only glimpses of the Great Mystery that underlies it all.
~Charles de Lint, Moonheart

 
Saturday, January 15, 2005
I realize that I've made numerous updates today and I hope you'll notice some of the changes, also. In particular, the quote to the left by Charles de Lint.

Charles de Lint has always been one of my favorite writers in a "if only I had the skill, talent, and mastery of words to write that way" way. Few authors give me such a sense that I'm immersing myself in a mesmerizing flow of words, sentences, beautiful tale as he does. Only Isabelle Allende gives me that same awe. That same feeling of having read an engrossing story and beautiful poetry at the same time.

I describe some art as having "lyrical" lines. That is, the eye is drawn over it, moving from line to line, plane to plane. The lines flow gloriously into each other and simply staring at it, letting it wash over you, leaves a visceral feeling of pure joy. Reading de Lint and Allende comes very close to those feelings and I know, instinctively, that I'm in the presence of great art--even if I'm barely able to describe it. (I'm sure they would both demure but Beth/Merope and Natalie/Soulsearcher come very close to engendering that feeling, also. Of course, I'm blessed with many friends who write wonderfully. And my writing is okay. In comparison to Beth and Natalie, however, I'm embarrassed by my scribblings.)

Enough raving. I have to stop before I start squealing like a 13-year old at an Usher concert. There was actually a thought, even purpose, to this post...

If I could just remember what it was....


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