| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: songs
distinguishing Heaven's mighty Daughters,
Morning and Night, the Two, as 'twere all-knowing: these bring
the
sacrifice unto the mortal.
8 You I extol, the nourishers of heroes bringing you gifts,
Vastospati
and Tvastar-
Rich Dhisana accords through our obeisance - andTrees and Plants,
for
the swift gain of riches.
The Rig Veda |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift: importuning every passenger for an alms. These mothers instead of
being able to work for their honest livelihood, are forced to
employ all their time in stroling to beg sustenance for their
helpless infants who, as they grow up, either turn thieves for
want of work, or leave their dear native country, to fight for
the Pretender in Spain, or sell themselves to the Barbadoes.
I think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number
of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of
their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present
deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional
grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and
A Modest Proposal |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Salammbo by Gustave Flaubert: which sank beneath the pavement. Matho suppressed a cry. "Ah! there
she is! there she is!" he stammered out. Spendius took up the lamp in
order to light himself.
"What an impious man you are!" murmured Matho, following him
nevertheless.
The apartment which they entered had nothing in it but a black
painting representing another woman. Her legs reached to the top of
the wall, and her body filled the entire ceiling; a huge egg hung by a
thread from her navel, and she fell head downwards upon the other
wall, reaching as far as the level of the pavement, which was touched
by her pointed fingers.
Salammbo |
