Dear friends in the publishing world,
Hope this email finds you well.
It is said that love makes the world go around. Heavens know the world could use more of that at the moment. It is not an exaggeration to say we, all of us, are tiptoed at the edge of precipitous change. Things everywhere are tearing at the seams. Across the board, ‘once-in-centuries’ crises are becoming commonplace. Words like collapse, end times, SHTF are gaining weight in their meaning.
I am certainly not the first to complain about world. And like other high-minded who walked before, I also won’t be the last to try to change it. Whether any difference is made is probably beside the point; we do it because it is in our nature.
I am not a writer but I have something I wish to share with you about an idea that could potentially speak to everyone willing to listen.
Hollywood uses it to cast characters. Brand marketing archetypes are based on types described by it. The Enneagram, is a knowledge set that is considered the equivalent to the iChing of the East. In short, it concerns the fundamentals of existence. Human affairs, however complex, are borne of it and therefore follow patterns dictated by laws governing these fundamental forces.
Before we go into that, let me introduce my wife. For her I have planned a rather unusual celebration. The evening is in the format of a “letter”, the last of 108 I promise to her. This is the party website for the guests of the evening and our own keepsake. I call it our ‘shoebox’. We throw all the goodies in one place. Almost like something you hide in hopes your kids will one day find. The number 108 is a play on Buddhism which is something we talk about often in our letters. The theme around ‘enlightenment’ to the invisible nature of reality is the undertone of the evening. This is borne of our own personal romantic ideas as well as a symbolic conclusion to the series. And ‘wake up’ to a new chapter to be kicked off with some urgent, bad news. (link to landing preview)
The letters, the videos, the music, the party, they make a sort of grand gesture for the love of my life. The memory of the evening, I hope, will be something that could fit the bill.
On resonance to the unseen forces, we are convinced ourselves something (link) is keeping us on track.
And we are equally convinced there are untold number of stories such as these. Other types will see to their own unique expressions - only to all re-convene in the heart of it all at the centre. All roads do lead to Rome and it is with this picture I leave to you as a roadmap to reach the eyes and ears of all willing to have a listen.
On this note, I shall first take my leave to let you spend some time with the material. Much of it was written, created with an audience of one in mind, imagine for a moment to see from her eyes. And should it be that there is resonance, we will have ourselves a firm foundation for our next conversation.
Allow me to start with a parallel to the Fall which reminds us why we tell them in the first place.. (The Fall)
To get across the walls of language and culture, musicians have a more direct channel into the hearts of people. been more successful than writers.
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