| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Desert Gold by Zane Grey: The sun rose in a vast white flame. With it came the blasting,
withering wind from the gulf. A red haze, like that of earlier
sunsets, seemed to come sweeping on the wind, and it roared up
the arroyo, and went bellowing into the crater, and rushed on
in fury to lash the peaks.
During these hot, windy hours the desert-bound party slept in
deep recesses in the lava; and if necessity brought them forth
they could not remain out long. the sand burned through boots,
and a touch of bare hand on lava raised a blister.
A short while before sundown the Yaqui went forth to build a
campfire, and soon the others came out, heat-dazed, half
Desert Gold |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: they saw how cunning Vulcan had been, whereon one would turn
towards his neighbour saying:
"Ill deeds do not prosper, and the weak confound the strong. See
how limping Vulcan, lame as he is, has caught Mars who is the
fleetest god in heaven; and now Mars will be cast in heavy
damages."
Thus did they converse, but King Apollo said to Mercury,
"Messenger Mercury, giver of good things, you would not care how
strong the chains were, would you, if you could sleep with
Venus?"
"King Apollo," answered Mercury, "I only wish I might get the
The Odyssey |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Rezanov by Gertrude Atherton: joy in mere existence, a sudden rush of desire for
the keen wild happiness of youth. Such is the
elixir of California in the north and the spring.
They entered a long sala typical of its day and
of many to come; whitewashed walls hung with
colored prints of the Virgin and saints; horsehair
furniture, matting, deep window seats; and a
perennial coolness. The Chamberlain (his court
title and the one commonly attached to his name)
made himself as comfortable as the slippery chair
would permit, and Arguello went for his mother.
Rezanov |
