| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain: jokes worthy of the English wits of the first quarter of
the far-off nineteenth century were sprung here and
there and yonder along the line, and compelled the
delightedest applause; and sometimes when a bright
remark was made at one end of the procession and
started on its travels toward the other, you could note
its progress all the way by the sparkling spray of
laughter it threw off from its bows as it plowed along;
and also by the blushes of the mules in its wake.
Sandy knew the goal and purpose of this pilgrimage,
and she posted me. She said:
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: and awesome elaboration of memory lapses such as mine.
Of the
nature of the dreams and impressions which were growing so clamorous
I still almost fear to speak. They seemed to savor of madness,
and at times I believed I was indeed going mad. Was there a special
type of delusion afflicting those who had suffered lapses of memory?
Conceivably, the efforts of the subconscious mind to fill up a
perplexing blank with pseudo-memories might give rise to strange
imaginative vagaries.
This indeed - though an alternative folklore
theory finally seemed to me more plausible - was the belief of
Shadow out of Time |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Tarzan the Untamed by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Smith-Oldwick opened his eyes, but though he endeavored to
disengage himself from the girl he realized that the newcomer
had seen their rather compromising position. The girl, whose
back was toward the door, seemed at first not to realize that
someone had entered, but when she did she turned quickly
and as her eyes fell upon the man whose terrible face was now
distorted with an expression of hideous rage she turned,
screaming, and fled toward the alcove. The Englishman,
flushed and embarrassed, stood where she had left him. With
the sudden realization of the futility of attempting an explana-
tion, came that of the menacing appearance of the man, whom
Tarzan the Untamed |
