| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Scarecrow of Oz by L. Frank Baum: locked in her room.
The key was still in the lock, so when the King had
gone away, followed by Googly-Goo, Trot stole up to the
door, turned the key and entered. The Princess lay prone
upon a couch, sobbing bitterly. Trot went up to her and
smoothed her hair and tried to comfort her.
"Don't cry," she said. "I've unlocked the door, so you
can go away any time you want to."
"It isn't that," sobbed the Princess. "I am unhappy
because they will not let me love Pon, the gardener's
boy!"
The Scarecrow of Oz |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Unconscious Comedians by Honore de Balzac: "I live close by, rue de Richelieu, 112, sixth floor. If you will come
round there for a moment, you may perhaps make some good bargains."
Ten minutes later Madame Nourrisson did in fact present herself at
Bixiou's lodgings, where by that time he had taken Leon and Gazonal.
Madame Nourrisson found them all three as serious as authors whose
collaboration does not meet with the success it deserves.
"Madame," said the intrepid hoaxer, showing her a pair of women's
slippers, "these belonged formerly to the Empress Josephine."
He felt it incumbent on him to return change for the Prince de
Lamballe.
"Those!" she exclaimed; "they were made this year; look at the mark."
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from At the Mountains of Madness by H. P. Lovecraft: some remarks to be relayed through the Arkham to the outside world.
Of course, rest was an absurd thought amidst this excitement;
and my only wish was to get to Lake’s camp as quickly as I could.
It disappointed me when he sent word that a rising mountain gale
made early aerial travel impossible.
But within an hour and
a half interest again rose to banish disappointment. Lake, sending
more messages, told of the completely successful transportation
of the fourteen great specimens to the camp. It had been a hard
pull, for the things were surprisingly heavy; but nine men had
accomplished it very neatly. Now some of the party were hurriedly
At the Mountains of Madness |
