tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post1825941397034773205..comments2023-09-13T08:23:29.927-07:00Comments on Triocentric: Coraline Was BoredDoug P. Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-43122040461037920902011-02-19T09:51:00.406-08:002011-02-19T09:51:00.406-08:00Is it, perhaps, the girl's response of bemused...Is it, perhaps, the girl's response of bemused compassion to another's experience of (ritualized) futility?<br /><br />Have you read Tolkien's essay 'On Fairy Stories'? I suppose that you would very much like it.<br /><br />He says something there about at least one brush with danger, dread, terror--one glance into the abyss--being necessary to the reality or greatness of any work of fiction. It seems our hearts can't wake up fully, without at least for a moment looking Death in the face. Something like that.<br /><br />Here's the essay online, if you don't know it already.<br />http://brainstorm-services.com/wcu-2004/fairystories-tolkien.pdfCasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07726733867155205665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-65989831294957690092009-08-03T06:32:01.898-07:002009-08-03T06:32:01.898-07:00You are so right, Badger! Novelists and pastors ar...You are so right, Badger! Novelists and pastors are doing a very similar work here, or at least have similar frustrations.<br /><br />And thank you, Rosa. Your confidence is encouraging, especially because you know those corpse characters whom I mourn.Doug P. Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259297751420532238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-4148786250969794382009-08-03T00:47:31.915-07:002009-08-03T00:47:31.915-07:00LIVE LIVE! - but they don't live.
The novelis...LIVE LIVE! - but they don't live.<br /><br />The novelist's cry...and some church minister's too...The Masked Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02207570457579610469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579132932451243418.post-57219703226654304192009-08-01T07:42:20.213-07:002009-08-01T07:42:20.213-07:00Take heart, Doug. They will live.Take heart, Doug. They will live.Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12703470346050797127noreply@blogger.com