| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: storms. It is the ideal blanket. Above is a canopy or tester of
equal softness. Between the two nestles the Spider, short-legged,
clad in sombre garments, with five yellow favours on her back.
Rest in this exquisite retreat demands perfect stability,
especially on gusty days, when sharp draughts penetrate beneath the
stone. This condition is admirably fulfilled. Take a careful look
at the habitation. The arches that gird the roof with a balustrade
and bear the weight of the edifice are fixed to the slab by their
extremities. Moreover, from each point of contact, there issues a
cluster of diverging threads that creep along the stone and cling
to it throughout their length, which spreads afar. I have measured
The Life of the Spider |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Life in the Iron-Mills by Rebecca Davis: tranquil beneath. He looked at the furnace-tender as he had
looked at a rare mosaic in the morning; only the man was the
more amusing study of the two.
"Are you answered? Why, May, look at him! 'De profundis
clamavi.' Or, to quote in English, 'Hungry and thirsty, his
soul faints in him.' And so Money sends back its answer into
the depths through you, Kirby! Very clear the answer, too!--I
think I remember reading the same words somewhere: washing your
hands in Eau de Cologne, and saying, 'I am innocent of the blood
of this man. See ye to it!'"
Kirby flushed angrily.
Life in the Iron-Mills |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Koran: Has the time seemed too long for you, or do you desire that wrath
should light on you from your Lord, that ye have broken your promise
to me?'
They said, 'We have not broken our promise to thee of our own
accord. But we were made to carry loads of the ornaments of the
people, and we hurled them down, and so did es Samariy cast; and he
brought forth for the people a corporeal calf which lowed.' And they
said, 'This is your god and the god of Moses, but he has forgotten!'
What! do they not see that it does not return them any speech, and
cannot control for them harm or profit? Aaron too told them before, 'O
my people! ye are only being tried thereby; and, verily, your Lord
The Koran |
