| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Flame and Shadow by Sara Teasdale: My spirit's shaken flame,
The shape of hands, the beat of heart,
The letters of my name.
But it was my lovers,
And not my sleeping sires,
Who gave the flame its changeful
And iridescent fires;
As the driftwood burning
Learned its jewelled blaze
From the sea's blue splendor
Of colored nights and days.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Herbert West: Reanimator by H. P. Lovecraft: and unhallowed amusements of the owner. During the excavation
of this cellar the workmen had struck some exceedingly ancient
masonry; undoubtedly connected with the old burying-ground, yet
far too deep to correspond with any known sepulchre therein. After
a number of calculations West decided that it represented some
secret chamber beneath the tomb of the Averills, where the last
interment had been made in 1768. I was with him when he studied
the nitrous, dripping walls laid bare by the spades and mattocks
of the men, and was prepared for the gruesome thrill which would
attend the uncovering of centuried grave-secrets; but for the
first time West’s new timidity conquered his natural curiosity,
Herbert West: Reanimator |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Oakdale Affair by Edgar Rice Burroughs: sakes, Willie Case, you come right out o' this house this
minute ef you got anything in your head." She made a
grab for Willie's arm; but the boy dodged and reached
the telephone.
"Shucks!" he cried. "I ain't got nothin' in my head,"
nor did either sense the unconscious humor of the state-
ment. "What I got is a gang o' thieves an' murderers, an'
I'm callin' up thet big city deetectiff to come arter 'em."
Mrs. Case sank into a chair, prostrated by the weight
of her emotions, while Willie took down the receiver af-
ter ringing the bell to attract central. Finally he ob-
The Oakdale Affair |
