| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Prufrock/Other Observations by T. S. Eliot: The brown waves of fog toss up to me
Twisted faces from the bottom of the street,
And tear from a passer-by with muddy skirts
An aimless smile that hovers in the air
And vanishes along the level of the roofs.
The Boston Evening Transcript
The readers of the Boston Evening Transcript
Sway in the blind like a field of ripe corn.
When evening quickens faintly in the street,
Wakening the appetites of life in some
And to others bringing the Boston Evening Transcript,
Prufrock/Other Observations |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs: scintillating in the morning sunlight, he made a gor-
geous and impressive spectacle as he hurled himself
upon the Londoners, whom he had selected for at-
tack because of the affront they had put upon his
mother that day at London on the preceding July.
So vicious was his onslaught that the poorly armed
and unprotected burghers, unused to the stern game of
war, fell like sheep before the iron men on their iron
shod horses. The long lances, the heavy maces, the six-
bladed battle axes, and the well tempered swords of
the knights played havoc among them, so that the rout
The Outlaw of Torn |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Tanach: Jeremiah 48: 12 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him them that tilt up, and they shall tilt him up; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.
Jeremiah 48: 13 And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Beth-el their confidence.
Jeremiah 48: 14 How say ye: 'We are mighty men, and valiant men for the war'?
Jeremiah 48: 15 Moab is spoiled, and they are gone up into her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 48: 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.
Jeremiah 48: 17 Bemoan him, all ye that are round about him, and all ye that know his name; say: 'How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!'
Jeremiah 48: 18 O thou daughter that dwellest in Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab is come up against thee, he hath destroyed thy strongholds.
Jeremiah 48: 19 O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and watch; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth; say: 'What hath been done?'
Jeremiah 48: 20 Moab is put to shame, for it is dismayed; wail and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled.
Jeremiah 48: 21 And judgment is come upon the country of the Plain; upon Holon, and upon Jahzah, and upon Mephaath;
The Tanach |
