| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Tao Teh King by Lao-tze: Yet always keeps himself within black's shade,
The pattern of humility displayed,
Displayed in view of all beneath the sky;
He in the unchanging excellence arrayed,
Endless return to man's first state has made.
Who knows how glory shines,
Yet loves disgrace, nor e'er for it is pale;
Behold his presence in a spacious vale,
To which men come from all beneath the sky.
The unchanging excellence completes its tale;
The simple infant man in him we hail.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum: like a jackknife, and had hard work to untangle himself.
"Did you understand that sign?" asked His Majesty, politely.
"Perfectly," declared Jack, reaching up his arms to turn his head to the
front, the pumpkin having twisted around upon the stick that supported it.
"You seem hastily made," remarked the Scarecrow, watching Jack's efforts to
straighten himself.
"Not more so than your Majesty," was the frank reply.
"There is this difference between us," said the Scarecrow, "that whereas I
will bend, but not break, you will break, but not bend."
76 Full page line-art drawing.
"HE GAVE JACK A SUDDEN PUSH"
The Marvelous Land of Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Mad King by Edgar Rice Burroughs: way up a tiny smudge was visible. Barney examined it
more carefully. A round, white figure of the conventional
design that was burned into the tile bore the telltale smudge.
Otherwise it differed apparently in no way from the
numerous other round, white figures that were repeated
many times in the scheme of decoration. Barney placed his
thumb exactly over the mark that another thumb had left
there and pushed. The figure sank into the panel beneath
the pressure. Barney pushed harder, breathless with sus-
pense. The panel swung in at his effort. The American could
have whooped with delight.
The Mad King |
