“The temple workers lovingly carried the whorled trunk of the tree to the spot where it would serve as a vital structural column. As it lay on the earth awaiting its erection, the congregation took notice; for they could see that it was a woman, whose body had grown into a tree. “It has taken […]
Continue reading“The sight of his grandmother always delighted Skylar. She combined characteristics that, taken together, made her an unusual but appealing person. She had survived a nightmarish mother and abandonment by a Lothario and had raised a child single-handedly in the Great Depression. Skillful as an artist and interior decorator, fashionable in dress (her present negligee […]
Continue reading“As he gazed into his young friend’s eyes, seeing there only welcome and joy, Skylar felt himself unfolding, as if he had been a long-locked jewelry box whose mechanism had just sprung open. His heart, which had long lain hidden beneath layer after layer of protection, behind shield, armor, and mail, like a cherished princess […]
Continue reading“So, he learned from art history that the Truths of genius became available only to those who stayed still as the moonlit lake and allowed the winds from the inspired to move across them as the breath of God moved over the waters on the first day of creation. This knowledge dovetailed with that gained […]
Continue reading“Though Skylar found Royal intriguing and romantic, he never spent much time with him: like a white-tied gentleman, Fortunatus stood as if leaning on the uppermost deck railings of a mighty, oceanic cruise liner (from the heyday of transatlantic steamships in the 1920’s), his beauteous fiancé on his arm, waving his top hat and lifting […]
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