Big Thoughts, Human-sized Canvas
“Consider legend and myth,” Goninan said.
“You mean how they’re all based on some kernel of truth, no matter how obscure?” Clare asked.
“In part. Legend and myth are what we use to describe…”
We are shaped by our experiences, and no matter where those experiences occur, they are still valid. The things you have seen and done don’t lose their resonance because you can only hold them in your memory. In that sense there is little difference between…
An autobiography is so difficult to write because we possess no standards, no objective foundation, from which to judge ourselves. There are really no proper bases for comparison. I know that in many things I am not like others, but…
I was astonished by a sudden understanding of that mysterious radiation of the sands. When I was a little boy I lived in an old house, and legend told us that a treasure was buried there. To be sure, no one had ever known how to find it; perhaps no one had ever even looked for it. But it cast an enchantment over that house. My home was hiding a secret in the depths of its heart…
However many of life’s large, captivating principles and small, captivating details we may explore, unpuzzle, and learn by heart, there will still be cast unknown realms to lure us. If uncertainty is the essence of romance, there will always be enough uncertainty to make life sizzle and renew our sense of wonder. It bothers some people that no matter how…
