| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Dunwich Horror by H. P. Lovecraft: all agreed that they could hear a sort of muffled swishing or
lapping sound from somewhere outside. Mrs Frye proposed telephoning
the neighbours, and Elmer was about to agree when the noise of
splintering wood burst in upon their deliberations. It came, apparently,
from the barn; and was quickly followed by a hideous screaming
and stamping amongst the cattle. The dogs slavered and crouched
close to the feet of the fear-numbed family. Frye lit a lantern
through force of habit, but knew it would be death to go out into
that black farmyard. The children and the women-folk whimpered,
kept from screaming by some obscure, vestigial instinct of defence
which told them their lives depended on silence. At last the noise
The Dunwich Horror |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum: But they had no other clothing except their hairy skins, although many
wore gold and silver bangles on their front wrists and bands of
different metals on their rear ankles. When they were kicking they
had braced themselves with their front legs, but now they all stood or
sat upright on their hind legs and used the front ones as arms.
Having no fingers or hands the beasts were rather clumsy, as you may
guess; but Dorothy was surprised to observe how many things they could
do with their stiff, heavy hoofs.
Some of the donkeys were white, some were brown, or gray, or black,
or spotted; but their hair was sleek and smooth and their broad collars
and caps gave them a neat, if whimsical, appearance.
The Road to Oz |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy: of his previous time of residence in London formed but a yesterday
to the circumstances now. The conflict that then had raged in him
concerning Elfride Swancourt revived, strengthened by its sleep.
Indeed, in those many months of absence, though quelling the
intention to make her his wife, he had never forgotten that she
was the type of woman adapted to his nature; and instead of trying
to obliterate thoughts of her altogether, he had grown to regard
them as an infirmity it was necessary to tolerate.
Knight returned to his hotel much earlier in the evening than he
would have done in the ordinary course of things. He did not care
to think whether this arose from a friendly wish to close the gap
A Pair of Blue Eyes |
