Tag: awareness
-
Of Symbols, Change and Arc of Growth and Transformation…
The display the revelations that take place during the denouement and resolution, end, of a novel must take place in scene, not summary. End of story revelations work much like the action taking place during the crisis and climax points where the immediacy of the characters’ actions impress upon readers the significance and meaning of…
-
Of Bishops, Kindreds Spirits and the Dawning of Awareness…
The Bishop in chess moves diagonally along the squares of the chessboard until it encounters another playing piece. The various directions in which the Bishop can move create a cross upon the chess board. Less powerful than the Queen or Rook, one Bishop equals the strength of a Knight or 3 Pawns. Like the Rook,…
-
Of Illusions, Diamonds, and The Imago Dei…
Crises consist of many obstacles, the least of which include illusions, and deceptions. Illusions held about life, and deceptions by others, and self fiercely clung to often comprise the nets limiting awareness. Reaching the peak of crisis, and fighting the battle that awaits requires perseverance and remaining focused on the task at hand. Doing so…
-
Who Am I: What Do I Really Want?
According to Jungian theory, the shadow aspect of one’s personality contains any, and everything that falls out of alignment, stands apart, from the ego ideal. The writer must examine the central character’s values, those held by her or his family, mother, father and culture, to gain a sense of how the Shadow archetype might manifest…
-
The Writer and The Temple
—Green my life and remove my sorrows. The picture is stunning. But it was the words underneath that caught my attention.The relationship between global warming and fiction writing may not present as clear.