| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Mirror of the Sea by Joseph Conrad: sure, but I fancy he went to work in another way.
This voyage, of which the details need not be given, we had to
range far afield for sufficient reasons. Coming up from the South
to end it with the important and really dangerous part of the
scheme in hand, we found it necessary to look into Barcelona for
certain definite information. This appears like running one's head
into the very jaws of the lion, but in reality it was not so. We
had one or two high, influential friends there, and many others
humble but valuable because bought for good hard cash. We were in
no danger of being molested; indeed, the important information
reached us promptly by the hands of a Custom-house officer, who
The Mirror of the Sea |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Hidden Masterpiece by Honore de Balzac: the color, the very life of the line which seems to terminate the
body? The same phenomenon which we notice around fishes in the water
is also about objects which float in air. See how these outlines
spring forth from the background. Do you not feel that you could pass
your hand behind those shoulders? For seven years have I studied these
effects of light coupled with form. That hair,--is it not bathed in
light? Why, she breathes! That bosom,--see! Ah! who would not worship
it on bended knee? The flesh palpitates! Wait, she is about to rise;
wait!"
"Can you see anything?" whispered Poussin to Porbus.
"Nothing. Can you?"
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo: "I certainly DO," said Zoie.
"What?" cried Aggie and Jimmy in concert.
"Jimmy has presented Alfred with twins," continued Zoie testily,
"and now, he has to HAVE twins."
Jimmy's eyes were growing rounder and rounder.
"Do you know," continued Zoie, with a growing sense of
indignation, "what would happen to me if I told Alfred NOW that
he WASN'T the father of twins? He'd fly straight out of that door
and I'd never see him again."
Aggie admitted that Zoie was no doubt speaking the truth.
"Jimmy has awakened Alfred's paternal instinct for twins,"
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