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  1. Nov 2018
  2. Sep 2018
    1. Its pou,er is that it iives on the{r:ather line between fantasy and reality. It must be neither toouood nor too bad to be true, nor may it be too true.

      I hadn't thought about myths and fairytales like this before, but that's a really interesting way to look at it. I agree that they would lose a lot of impact if the balance was thrown off. There needs to be a certain amount of fantasy to balance the reality of the story. I guess people would often assume that these stories are just all fantasy but that isn't the case.

    2. We know now a new origin of the faint hissingof the sea in the conch shell held to the ear.It is in part the tremor and throb of the hand,resonating in the shell's chambers. Yet, inescapably, it is thedistant sea.

      I love this introduction.