| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Redheaded Outfield by Zane Grey: ``Boss, enny ground rules?'' inquired Bo
Stranathan. He was a big, bushy-haired boy with
a grin and protruding teeth. ``How many bases
on wild throws over first base an' hits over the
sand bank?''
``All you can get,'' replied Daddy, with a
magnanimous wave of hand.
``Huh! Lemmee see your ball?''
Daddy produced the ball that he had Lane had
made for the game.
``Huh! Watcher think? We ain 't goin' to play
The Redheaded Outfield |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Stooping, he crawled into the shelter beside the wounded
officer, and placed a cool hand upon his forehead.
D'Arnot spoke to him in French, but the man only shook
his head--sadly, it seemed to the Frenchman.
Then D'Arnot tried English, but still the man shook his head.
Italian, Spanish and German brought similar discouragement.
D'Arnot knew a few words of Norwegian, Russian, Greek,
and also had a smattering of the language of one of the
West Coast negro tribes--the man denied them all.
After examining D'Arnot's wounds the man left the shelter
and disappeared. In half an hour he was back with fruit and
Tarzan of the Apes |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Prufrock/Other Observations by T. S. Eliot: With a bald spot in the middle of my hair--
(They will say: "How his hair is growing thin!")
My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin,
My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin--
(They will say: "But how his arms and legs are thin!")
Do I dare
Disturb the universe?
In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse.
For I have known them all already, known them all:
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
Prufrock/Other Observations |
