I love Borges! Haven't read the immortal... will have to check it out. Sometimes I wonder how much of our experience of consciousness is determined by our experience of time.
I have not, but I'll check it out. I did take some stylistic influence from a translation of Jorge Luis Borges' The Immortal, which is a story I recently read and loved. The compression of time from an immortal's perspective really captivated me.
Human Beings looked up and died looking up." Love this! Have you read the first Book of Urizen by William Blake by any chance? Your narrator is nothing like Urizen, but almost seems like they could have been a much more sympathetic acquaintance.
Tomorrow only exists yesterday and today
Aww thanks!! How are you holding out?
I love Borges! Haven't read the immortal... will have to check it out. Sometimes I wonder how much of our experience of consciousness is determined by our experience of time.
glad you enjoyed :))
This is an interesting and creative way to describe individualism. Love this!
Yeah.
I have not, but I'll check it out. I did take some stylistic influence from a translation of Jorge Luis Borges' The Immortal, which is a story I recently read and loved. The compression of time from an immortal's perspective really captivated me.
I know, it feels so surreal that this is actually happening. I don't think I would be able to capture how I feel if I tried to write it down
yep same :p the things in my head & my words feel too real to be imagined
"And smoky towns with tiny mirrors in the sky.
Human Beings looked up and died looking up." Love this! Have you read the first Book of Urizen by William Blake by any chance? Your narrator is nothing like Urizen, but almost seems like they could have been a much more sympathetic acquaintance.