Comments on decadent tranquility: 517. Theandric

Jen, goes without saying. All the best my friend. ...

2008-06-10T15:06:00.000-05:00

Jen, goes without saying. All the best my friend. :-)

You're support is a treasure to me Tree. Thank yo...

2008-06-10T01:33:00.000-05:00

You're support is a treasure to me Tree. Thank you.

We visited yesterday, Hubby and I, and I am less afraid. My tendancy is to have a day of real mourning when a change comes my way. Then all of my energies are focused on adapting. My post about the move was written with swollen eyes and a grieving heart. True mourning.

And I am over it.

Now I am ready to help my husband and kids start this new adventure and do it with great success.

Your kind words give me even more courage. Makes me feel as though I am BRAVE!!!

Jennifer

Jen, I think your mind is very close to the Papa I...

2008-06-08T09:36:00.000-05:00

Jen, I think your mind is very close to the Papa I know and I wouldn't argue with your interpretation. Thoughts and prayers for you and the family as you make your move toward the Gulf. Moving is hard. Moving away is harder. Take care, Jen. :-)

Pellucid, now there is a word I need to use again....

2008-06-08T09:33:00.000-05:00

Pellucid, now there is a word I need to use again. Sweetest, pellucid windows line the walls within the house of your heart, the light without refulgent from the light within.

I think Papa has pellucid eyes. :-)

Thanks Jane. Always nice to see you stopping by. :...

2008-06-08T09:28:00.000-05:00

Thanks Jane. Always nice to see you stopping by. :-)

I just have to say that I love Kyra. She is my fav...

2008-06-08T04:01:00.000-05:00

I just have to say that I love Kyra. She is my favorite character. And I love her name, it is so pretty. Another great chapter!

In the '-roll-' you have the flow, the glide, that...

2008-06-08T02:24:00.000-05:00

In the '-roll-' you have the flow, the glide, that gives move its place at the head of the line to my mind, now I've been doing my best not to point out a special quality that you have, but it is the simplicity of this sentence that gives it it's outstanding beauty. Such a small change between unrolls and rolling there is though one suggests end more so than the other, but at the same time it speaks of natural progression and a time of rest, an end purpose, or not purpose as such, but that the movement mattered. Rolling suggests continuous, rhythmic, hypnotic - the sea before it reaches the shore. Many forks indeed rising out of your keyboard, :-), as soon as I personally try to make the call on a preference, the other vies refusing to be ignored.

Well, there was the chapter with Von...;-) I know, just kidding. Along with what you have mentioned here, these chapters are also the most pellucid, so to speak, just, as I wrote, to know a Valla chapter is upcoming is to instantaneously feel the warmth that emanates between them.
And they stay, like a memory, like a gift.

(blissful sigh)

Papa comes across to me as a benevolent character....

2008-06-08T02:23:00.000-05:00

Papa comes across to me as a benevolent character. He is almost God-like and his explanation of believing/faith and 'doing that' together makes him seem like it more so. In my mind, there is a lot of imagery in this chapter. That it could represent something akin to a religious experience. In MY mind!

I love reading about Kyra as a little girl. I enjoyed this very much.

So sLeEpY right now... turning in.

Be blessed Tree.

Jennifer

Hard to explain, but from an emotional level, ther...

2008-06-07T21:05:00.000-05:00

Hard to explain, but from an emotional level, there is no place in this story I'd rather be than at Valla with Kyra and Papa and Grand. Ever notice how no one else is ever there? :-D

These Papa/Kyra chapters, all of them, will always be very close to my heart and, to me, seem very different than the other chapters I write. I'm not sure how, maybe I just feel the difference, but in my mind they stand apart. A happy place. Good things happening. Love as it should be. Drama free. ;-)

I liked that sentence too and debated on the form it took or to write it like this: Papa moved from toe to finger like a wave rolling upon the beach. Small difference, yet, I'm not so sure this version isn't better than what I used. I also debated the verb 'moved' a rather weak verb, played with using flowed or glided or something similar. Such is a first draft. So many little decisions, in most every sentence, always looking for a melody of sound, a flow of words into sentences into paragraphs into a chapter. One seamless flow. A perfect fit. One day. ;-)

The chapter here correlates to impact upon readin...

2008-06-07T17:06:00.000-05:00

The chapter here correlates to impact upon reading, as so often happens, to read is to soar, to be uplifted, to be bathed in brilliance. :-) Just to read that first line, to hear mention of Papa, of Grand, to know we are about to see Kyra as a child once again within their embrace and I felt a great welling of happiness, not knowing yet what was coming, but knowing with absolute certainty that whatever it was, it would be beautiful, that it would cause the heart to soar. Not least at the heart that sees this, creates it. Papa in his white tunic, better still since the unveiling of his portrait, but so well-described in many chapters, his silver hair and to quote his grace, your story lives and breathes and I know not of any other piece of writing, large though this is to compare to, where the characters are so vital, where they appear so vividly as they speak and move. And dance. Within this chapter, I loved best the sentence that reads; Papa moved from toe to finger as the wave unrolls upon the beach,, to see him within as one, smiling along with Grand and Kyra to watch him this way. The idea for this chapter, there is nothing I can say other than that you amaze me once again, what you do with these chapters is more so, from heart to keyboard and from there it spreads to all who receive, the glow, you send out a glow and it has the potential to be infinite. How bout that. Amazing to watch, amazing to be a part of. Loved this chapter.