I'm so glad you liked this one, and that so many talented writers have come out of the woodwork to comment on it, and keep it circulating. 😊
I just posted a short poem this morning, but my scheduled post for next week (Monday the 23rd) is also about synthesis and — in my opinion — far better than this. It's called "Sublation" and is my personal choice for the best thing I've ever written, so you're not going to want to miss it.
I dig the *golden thread* metaphor! Another writer told me there is a *silver thread* running between Tolkien and GRRM. Do you have any idea what he may have meant — or whether there's any difference between a symbolic golden thread, and a silver one?
There’s a popular saying that speech is silver but silence is golden, so maybe a narrative with a silver thread is brilliant but the mastery is quite visible and direct. Or maybe the ones with golden threads have more subtext and internalized action. Or maybe the silver thread is just some sort of invisible connection- a kind of literary heritage. See, there can be so many interpretations.
You're so smart, For! Talking to you never disappoints.
I'm glad to see you "coming out of your shell" and starting to comment more often. It's not just I who can really make use of your comments, but many, many other writers here!
... or would that be degrading yourself from gold to silver? 🤔 Heheh. Thanks again!
I'm so glad you liked this one, and that so many talented writers have come out of the woodwork to comment on it, and keep it circulating. 😊
I just posted a short poem this morning, but my scheduled post for next week (Monday the 23rd) is also about synthesis and — in my opinion — far better than this. It's called "Sublation" and is my personal choice for the best thing I've ever written, so you're not going to want to miss it.
I dig the *golden thread* metaphor! Another writer told me there is a *silver thread* running between Tolkien and GRRM. Do you have any idea what he may have meant — or whether there's any difference between a symbolic golden thread, and a silver one?
There’s a popular saying that speech is silver but silence is golden, so maybe a narrative with a silver thread is brilliant but the mastery is quite visible and direct. Or maybe the ones with golden threads have more subtext and internalized action. Or maybe the silver thread is just some sort of invisible connection- a kind of literary heritage. See, there can be so many interpretations.
You're so smart, For! Talking to you never disappoints.
I'm glad to see you "coming out of your shell" and starting to comment more often. It's not just I who can really make use of your comments, but many, many other writers here!
... or would that be degrading yourself from gold to silver? 🤔 Heheh. Thanks again!