| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen: "I propose to look for the woman; the woman whom he
married. She is the mystery."
The two men sat silent by the fireside; Clarke secretly
congratulating himself on having successfully kept up the
character of advocate of the commonplace, and Villiers wrapped
in his gloomy fancies.
"I think I will have a cigarette," he said at last, and
put his hand in his pocket to feel for the cigarette-case.
"Ah!" he said, starting slightly, "I forgot I had
something to show you. You remember my saying that I had found
a rather curious sketch amongst the pile of old newspapers at
The Great God Pan |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Salome by Oscar Wilde: mourra en robe d'argent n'est pas venu
SALOME. Iokanaan.
IOKANAAN. Qui parle?
SALOME. Iokanaan! Je suis amoureuse de ton corps. Ton corps est
blanc comme le lis d'un pre que le faucheur n'a jamais fauche. Ton
corps est blanc comme les neiges qui couchent sur les montagnes,
comme les neiges qui couchent sur les montagnes de Judee, et
descendent dans les vallees. Les roses du jardin de la reine
d'Arabie ne sont pas aussi blanches que ton corps. Ni les roses du
jardin de la reine d'Arabie, ni les pieds de l'aurore qui trepignent
sur les feuilles, ni le sein de la lune quand elle couche sur le
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Dawn O'Hara, The Girl Who Laughed by Edna Ferber: managing editor arranges his lunch hour to suit Blackie's
and they go off to the Press club together, arm in arm.
It is Blackie who lends a sympathetic ear to the society
editor's tale of woe. He hires and fires the office boys;
boldly he criticizes the news editor's makeup; he receives
delegations of tan-coated, red-faced prizefighting-looking
persons; he gently explains to the photographer why that
last batch of cuts make their subjects look as if afflicted
with the German measles; he arbitrates any row that the
newspaper may have with such dignitaries as the mayor or the
chief of police; he manages boxing shows; he skims about in a
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