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This week turned out a zoo, as you can see in the MICRO FICTION section below.

I have again dug into the archives for METHOD WRITING and found a couple more car washes of Layli Long Soldier that I hope you will enjoy.

And then I am reading Frankenstein and everything I can get my hands on about it. I am fascinated by both the Prometheus myth behind it and the substantial revision from the original 1818 text to the more widely published 1831 version that Mary Shelley put her name on. The New Yorker article from 2018 that I have linked below has some great insights into what happened in the author's life in that span of time that made her see the story differently.

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As with any piece of classic literature or other art, Frankenstein stands its test of time by how it serves every era after its creation. Some have seen it as a manifest for science, others as the ghost story it was intended to be, and yet others as a comment on the French Revolution. Watch catches my attention is, of course, the mother story behind it. Wanted and unwanted children, children who died too soon, and children who maybe lived too long given what they became. And at the heart of it: what makes a human being? Can we really capture the magical element and replicate it? I hope not.

A dear friend gave me this...'book' does not really cover the experience...for an early birthday present (more birthday thoughts next week). The artwork is exquisite and tender and profound. And of course, I love both The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse. Maybe the mole the most because he goes both deep and keeps his eye on the cake. "One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things," says the mole in one of the drawings, and I agree with him. Follow the link to see the fine art.

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