The twisting path

Quote(s) of the day:

"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger."

—Franklin P. Jones


"Children who tell adults everything are trying to make them as wise as they. Just as children who ask questions already know why the sky is blue and where the lost kitten has gone. What they need is the confirmation that the odd and frightening magic which has turned adults into giants has not completely addled their brains."

—Richard Bowes, "The Mask of the Rex"


Labyrinth of the day: Since labyrinths (not mazes) are a central metaphor in the next novel I hope to write, I've been wanting to walk one. Labyrinths are circular pathways with one way in, one way out; mazes are puzzles with twists and turns designed to confuse. Labyrinths are a way of getting away from left brain puzzle-solving, and bringing it in balance with the right brain; mazes are all about the left brain and trying to figure things out.

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