| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Shadow out of Time by H. P. Lovecraft: It is, of course, from others that
I have learned what followed. I showed no sign of consciousness
for sixteen and a half hours though removed to my home at 27 Crane
Street, and given the best of medical attention.
At 3 A.M. May
my eyes opened and began to speak and my family were thoroughly
frightened by the trend of my expression and language. It was
clear that I had no remembrance of my identity and my past, though
for some reason seemed anxious to conceal his lack of knowledge.
My eyes glazed strangely at the persons around me, and the flections
of my facial muscles were altogether unfamiliar.
Shadow out of Time |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Poems of Goethe, Bowring, Tr. by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: RINALDO.
With sorrow laden,
Within this valley's
All-silent alleys
The fairest maiden
Again I see.
Twice can this be?
What! shall I hear it,
And not have spirit
To ease her pains?
CHORUS.
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Secret Places of the Heart by H. G. Wells: fierce and lonely patriarchal family-herd of a male and his
women and off spring had grown into the clan and tribe; the
woven tissue of related families that constitute the human
comity had been woven by the subtle, persistent protection of
sons and daughters by their mothers against the intolerant,
jealous, possessive Old Man. But that was a thing, of the
remote past. Little was left of those ancient struggles now
but a few infantile dreams and nightmares. The greater human
community, human society, was made for good. And being made,
it had taken over the ancient tasks of the woman, one by one,
until now in its modern forms it cherished more sedulously
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