| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad: south-west, it is all one - a different phase of the same
character, a changed expression on the same face. In the
orientation of the winds that rule the seas, the north and south
directions are of no importance. There are no North and South
Winds of any account upon this earth. The North and South Winds
are but small princes in the dynasties that make peace and war upon
the sea. They never assert themselves upon a vast stage. They
depend upon local causes - the configuration of coasts, the shapes
of straits, the accidents of bold promontories round which they
play their little part. In the polity of winds, as amongst the
tribes of the earth, the real struggle lies between East and West.
The Mirror of the Sea |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from King Lear by William Shakespeare: should be as ward to the son, and the son manage his
revenue.
Glou. O villain, villain! His very opinion in the letter!
Abhorred
villain! Unnatural, detested, brutish villain! worse than
brutish! Go, sirrah, seek him. I'll apprehend him.
Abominable
villain! Where is he?
Edm. I do not well know, my lord. If it shall please you to
suspend
your indignation against my brother till you can derive from
King Lear |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Letters of Two Brides by Honore de Balzac: sleep at my call. How well we understood each other!
These memories suddenly changed my mood. What at first had seemed
profanation, now breathed of holy association. It was sweet to inhale
the faint odor of the powder she loved still lingering in the room;
sweet to sleep beneath the shelter of those yellow damask curtains
with their white pattern, which must have retained something of the
spirit emanating from her eyes and breath. I told Philippe to rub up
the old furniture and make the rooms look as if they were lived in; I
explained to him myself how I wanted everything arranged, and where to
put each piece of furniture. In this way I entered into possession,
and showed how an air of youth might be given to the dear old things.
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