| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: up many thousands of feet higher still, guarded the end of it like a
lonely Colossus. In front of them, starting from where they stood,
was a cool and enchanting wilderness of little lakes and forests.
The water of the lakes was dark green; the forests were asleep,
waiting for the rising of Alppain.
"Are we now in Barey?" asked Maskull.
"Yes - and there is one of the natives."
There was an ugly glint in his eye as he spoke the words, but Maskull
did not see it.
A man was leaning in the shade against one of the first trees,
apparently waiting for them to come up. He was small, dark, and
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Aesop's Fables by Aesop: The Shepherd's Boy The Miser and His Gold
The Young Thief and His Mother The Fox and the Mosquitoes
The Man and His Two Wives The Fox Without a Tail
The Nurse and the Wolf The One-Eyed Doe
The Tortoise and the Birds Belling the Cat
The Two Crabs The Hare and the Tortoise
The Ass in the Lion's Skin The Old Man and Death
The Two Fellows and the Bear The Hare With Many Friends
The Two Pots The Lion in Love
The Four Oxen and the Lion The Bundle of Sticks
The Fisher and the Little Fish The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts
Aesop's Fables |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Prufrock/Other Observations by T. S. Eliot: A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo
Non torno vivo alcun, s'i'odo il vero,
Senza tema d'infamia ti rispondo.
Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels
Prufrock/Other Observations |
