| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis: and broken. A few stars were visible here and there.
And then in a moment more a full moon rose high and serene above
the world. The May moon is often very brilliant in these
latitudes, as sailors who are familiar with the coasts of Long
Island can testify. This moon was unusually brilliant, even for
the season of the year and the quarter of the globe. It lighted
up earth and sky so that it was (in the familiar phrase) almost
possible to read by it. Only a few moments had elapsed since the
rout of Logan Black's ruffians, but in the vicinity of this
remarkable island such sudden meteorological changes are anything
but rare, geographers and travelers know.
|
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs: others and from his own experience, for he, too,
had ridden and handled them many times.
The temper of the thoats of Torquas appeared even
shorter than their vicious cousins among the Tharks and
Warhoons, and for a time it seemed unlikely that he
should escape a savage charge on the part of a couple
of old bulls that circled, squealing, about him; but at
last he managed to get close enough to one of them
to touch the beast. With the feel of his hand upon
the sleek hide the creature quieted, and in answer to
the telepathic command of the red man sank to its knees.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from In a German Pension by Katherine Mansfield: There was a little piece of candle burning in the enamel bracket. As she
walked up and down she saw her great big shadow on the wall like a grown-up
person with a grown-up baby. Whatever would it look like when she carried
two babies so!
"Ts--ts--ts!" Once upon a time she was walking along a little white road,
with oh! such great big black trees on either side."
"Here you!" called the Frau's voice, "bring me my new jacket from behind
the door." And as she took it into the warm room one of the women said,
"She looks like an owl. Such children are seldom right in their heads."
"Why don't you keep that baby quiet?" said the Man, who had just drunk
enough beer to make him feel very brave and master of his house.
|
