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| Chapter 0: "The Fool" illustration by Tracy Yarkoni Odell the fool symbolizes potentiality; the pregnant pause, when anything is possible |
working title:
Gods, An Epidemic
tagline:
An Epic Comedy Drama with Apocalyptic Tendencies
A novel in progress by yours truly {{me}}
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| detail 1: the club/heart/spade/diamond fusion denotes the fool's potential, the wild card; the lily represents spirituality and the fool's appreciation of beauty, its white color speaks of innocence and purity of thought and action |
the plan:
Wrap this up and send it off to publishers before I head back to University in the Fall (fingers crossed on both counts), posting chapters and illustrations here for your amusement.
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| detail 2: the fool is seemingly unconcerned or unaware about walking off the cliff's edge, a supreme act of idiocy/trust/faith, the first step of any adventure; the dog can represent animal desires or the call of the 'real world' biting at her heels |
sidenote:
Each of the 22 chapters corresponds to the major arcana cards of the Tarot - basically, it follows the hero's journey from 'The Fool' to 'The World'; so I'm kind of starting out of order here, with the Chapter 0 illustration of the fool (what? zero is a number too. don't hate on 'zero') but giving you the Preamble to read instead. Nevermind, a little chaos is good for the soul...
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| detail 3: all the possessions the fool might need for the journey are few, symbolizing the significance of the spiritual over the material |
{All comments/critiques gladly welcome!}
Gods, An Epidemic
In Hebrew there is a one-letter difference between
the words “wonderful” and “f ****d.”
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Liminality is walking the line between two states of existence;
In other words, it is the holding of that aforementioned letter for ransom.
In other words, it is the holding of that aforementioned letter for ransom.
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Preamble
Gods can be forgetful too. You try living forever, and see if you’re memory doesn’t overload and short circuit once in a while; and not the kind of memory lapses that result in missing a dental appointment either. No. Think bigger. Wider. More… infinite. Brain farts of colossal proportions.
Like, forgetting that you exist.
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Gods make sense of things. The natural state of our universe is complete chaos. Things naturally don’t make any sense at all, until a god gets a handle on it. The earth really did used to be flat until a god figured out that it didn’t make sense.
Gods and Goddesses are, as a general rule, immortal. But they can hardly be expected to maintain the same form of existence in perpetuity. It is incomprehensibly boring to be infinite and all-knowing all of the time – one must do something to while away the hours, and what better way to entertain oneself than to experience life as a mortal? Little else gives life more value than death itself; or at least, the certain knowledge of impending doom that shadows all living creatures of non-immortal persuasion. The promise of death kills boredom and meaninglessness like nothing else can; except perhaps for falling in love or having really good sex. The gods had a firm handle on the love and sex thing, so it was only natural that Death was their last bastion of intrigue.
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Gods make sense of things. The natural state of our universe is complete chaos. Things naturally don’t make any sense at all, until a god gets a handle on it. The earth really did used to be flat until a god figured out that it didn’t make sense.
Gods and Goddesses are, as a general rule, immortal. But they can hardly be expected to maintain the same form of existence in perpetuity. It is incomprehensibly boring to be infinite and all-knowing all of the time – one must do something to while away the hours, and what better way to entertain oneself than to experience life as a mortal? Little else gives life more value than death itself; or at least, the certain knowledge of impending doom that shadows all living creatures of non-immortal persuasion. The promise of death kills boredom and meaninglessness like nothing else can; except perhaps for falling in love or having really good sex. The gods had a firm handle on the love and sex thing, so it was only natural that Death was their last bastion of intrigue.
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