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epiphany
epiphany I went for a ride today. it was hot, bright but fortunately I din't have far to go. It was a warehouse 5 minutes away and it might as well be a treasure house or that gigantic warehouse from Indiana Jones where curious and wondrous artifacts are hidden away from the world. My very own cave of wonders! It held that fleeting of marvels, the soap bubbles of time - men's (and women's) thoughts and ideas captured in paper and bound by covers. It held books. Shelves upon shelves of books, stretching up the high ceiling, but not too high. Stack upon stacks upon row after row. And as I walked down the aisles looking at all the titles, I wondered -"what made a book interesting? what was it that held a man's eye and then his attention? I glanced at many books and if inside on their pages - I didn't read what I liked, well I wasn't going to buy it, And then it hit me, a flash of insight, like a sledge hammer hitting my metaphorical lever. The words had to be descriptive. The sentences conveying the scene and setting the tone and measuring the pace. And they had to be economical. And they would have to convey what the author was seeing because only then can we formulate our images in our mind's eye and hop onto the story. and enjoy the ride |
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