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Yes, it's true! I really have written a number of stories without (as far as I can tell) any transgender elements. So far, I've only posted a couple of them online. One of them is called A Tree's Story. The actual title is 'In the Beginning - A Tree's Story', but the site where I posted it (deviantART) won't let post titles that long. I also created an audio book version of this story at a website called Internet Archive and the cover art for this story, as seen below.
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My plan...
...is to have a website for fiction. Real Soon Now. :)
- Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
Yay!
I'd love to hear more about the website plan.
Heather Rose Brown :)
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Groucho Marx
Sweet
What a sweet story Heather. I don't think I've ever read a creation story from this viewpoint before. :)
hugs!
grover
A tree's point of view
I'm glad you liked this story, Grover! It's amazing what you can learn if you ask the right tree the right question, then take the time to listen to the answer.
{{{warm huggs}}}
Heather Rose Brown :)
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Groucho Marx
Joseph Campbell would be proud.
A nice picture and a lovely creation myth Heather. Have you read "A Hero With A Thousand Faces"? Your story could be slipped right in there with the rest of the great mythology. Some cultures believed that the world and it's inhabitants was created from the dung of some great creature, I like your version better. :)
Thanks for sharing,
Gwen
Gwen Lavyril
Gwen Lavyril
In Search of . . . Joseph Campbell
I'm Leonard Nimoy.
Oh wait, no I ain't. *blush*
I hadn't heard of Joseph Campbell or A Hero With a Thousand Faces until now. I did a quick search online and found both the author his book really look neat! I've been a fan of myths and fables for a long time, which tends to show up in my writing, more in some stories than others.
I like the idea of being made of leaves than dung too. ;)
{{{warm huggs}}}
Heather Rose Brown :)
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Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
Groucho Marx
Campbell's Cream of Archetype
And also there's that old PBS 6-Hour documentary about Joseph Campbell; THE POWER OF MYTH;
interviews and readings of his work, images of old artifacts from around the world, showing the
universality of certain themes. It's a pretty good introduction to his ideas. Just the sort of
thing a lot of libraries would carry on dvd! Least they do here in Aluminum Heights NV...
~~~Hugs, Laika
What borders on stupidity?
Canada and Mexico.
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Yes well..
A Bill Moyers interview (regardless of how long it drags on)isn't really a substitute for reading the book. In fact if you read a book, never go and see the movie made from it. I am sorry that libraries in Nevada don't have books? Seems odd as commodities like aluminum are so expensive? You would think they could afford them.:)
Gwen
Gwen Lavyril
Gwen Lavyril
you're absolutely right
A documentary is not a substitute for reading the book. When I said "good introduction" I meant only that, a way for a person to see if they like a topic enough to pursue it further
(like when I saw Awakenings then went on to read everything by Oliver Sachs, or when the
3-part Guns Germs & Steel turned me on to Jared Diamond's work.) The written word is the most cogent means of communication we have; exposition links ideas much more neatly into a cohesive whole than the more scattershot, visually-oriented approach of filmmaking. All I was saying was that I liked the series. It found it personable, letting me see the man
behind the philosopher. I thought there was some value in that. That's all...
I didn't realize it had all these horrific ramifications.
And as far as films made from books not being worth seeing, you wouldn't say not to see a performance of Gonoud's FAUST after having read the Goethe, would you? Well in my opinion, cinema is an artform every bit as important and vital and beautiful as opera (probably moreso). Here, off the top of my head, are some film versions of books I've read that are totally worth seeing: The Exorcist. Strangers on a Train. Clockwork Orange. Lord of the Flies. Grapes of Wrath. Day of the Locust. Wizard of Oz. Blackhawk Down. The Big Sleep. Death in Venice. Forrest Gump. Slaughterhouse 5. Zorba the Greek. Crash (the Cronenberg/JG Ballard one). No Time for Sargeants. Being There. Remains of the Day. The Secret Garden. Ship of Fools. "Z"...
Well if I haven't made my point by now, I guess I won't.
~~~Hugs, Laika
What borders on stupidity?
Canada and Mexico.
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