avatarMidway (Jean Carfantan)

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The website content reflects on the concept of epiphanies in writing, describing the process as a journey of discovery guided by resonance with the ordinary, leading to the realization of profound truths.

Abstract

The text delves into the personal experience of writing as an exploration, where the author is led by an unseen hand from one revelation to another. It discusses the nature of epiphanies as moments when everything falls into place, despite the non-linear and cyclical nature of the creative process. The author admits to a lack of understanding but embraces the intuitive drive that allows them to grasp fragments of a greater whole. The text also references James Joyce's interpretation of epiphany and how inspiration can act as the final piece of a puzzle, cementing the fragments of thought into a cohesive narrative. The content is interspersed with the author's reflections on their own work and responses to other writers, emphasizing the interconnectedness of creative endeavors.

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  • The author views writing as a childlike adventure, filled with moments of clarity that bring order to chaos.
  • There is a belief that the creative process is not bound by time but exists in a realm of resonant cycles.
  • The author acknowledges their limitations in fully comprehending the creative force but finds beauty in the mystery.
  • Inspiration is seen as a unifying element that brings together disparate ideas, much like the last piece of a puzzle.
  • The text suggests that the author's approach to reading and writing is unconventional, such as reading from the end to the beginning.
  • The author's work is influenced by and in dialogue with the writings of others, as evidenced by the references to Rigópoula's bio and the concept of epiphany as discussed by James Joyce.

Epiphany:showing forth Illumination in the ordinary.

Writing Epiphanies in Resonance

An inner order in chaos

Photo by Simon Berger on Unsplash

When I write, I am often a child Taken by the hand. I am made to discover From one epiphany to the next. Everything makes sense at the end.

Epiphanies in resonance, I perceive the music but can’t explain it.

At some point of my course I discover “the origin” Which is not the origin. There is no time on this side, Just cycles in resonance.

I don’t know anything, I let myself be driven, I catch fragments of the whole. In everyday life, I have to curb that, Otherwise people can’t keep up with me.

I use to read magazines From the end to the beginning, Even some of your poems.

Joyce used to talk of the epiphany (‘He got some Greek out of his Latin lessons,’ Gogarty sourly said), meaning the showing forth of some great truth in the presentation of the ordinary. Source

In this text, it seems I heard first the youtube song But it came just like the last piece of the puzzle. Inspiration comes, then everything sticks To the little dust of gold that I caught first.

In response to something Rigópoula (R) wrote in her beautiful bio, and that lingered in my mind :

A poetry in resonance :

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