Inside and Outside the Box
Despite rumors to the contrary, this writer has not been captured in or sealed in a box. Rather, I’m recuperating after a beneficial surgery. Before I raise further alarm (or indifference, which I fear more)…
Mysterious Mathematics, Beauty and Truth in Fractals
Fractals fascinate the eye, but their beauty is more than skin deep. Their self-similar structure iterates, meaning it repeats a process where the result forms the starting point for the next step. Their structure originates…
More on Flannery O’Connor
As mentioned in the previous post, Flannery O’Connor didn’t coddle her readers. She emphasized the origin of fiction and identified a potential risk for writers who wish to press the reader toward spiritual mysteries. I…
In a Grotesque, Yet Spiritual Place
Today, while bloghopping, I found a site where a Christian author, a year or so ago, had invited his readers to consider why Flannery O’Connor is so often disliked by Christian readers and writers. He…
Where am I, anyway?
The question of place in writing fiction is challenging for me. It’s not a simple matter of geography (GPS can answer that one in a snap) or even culture. It’s a mad mix of topography,…
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