The Spark

[sartorias]

When I wrote about my Mythcon experience I made mention of an anecdote that James Owen coppervale) gave at his guest of honor address. He tells that story here--including the second part of that story, which we did not hear that night. Afterward, the scholar who so wittily played Dorothy Sayers in our imaginary Inklings' panel (which was largely extempore

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[silk_noir]

Thank you for this.

[coppervale]

We are, all of us, riding on the Synchronicity Freeway.

It's not our job to choose the speed at which we travel, or even our destination.

Our job is simply to keep the windshield clear, so that we can see what we're meant to see on the journey.

[sartorias]

Yes! And sometimes keeping the windshield clear is tougher than the driving.

[avalonestel]

Wow, coppervale's post was amazing. I was really blown out of the water by that - I could see what you meant when you talked about the reaction of those present. It was incredible. I hadn't heard about Co-Inherence before (although I will be reading about it through your link when I get off work tonight), but I was always interested in Jung's synchronicity theory. Whatever was going on in Mr. Owen's story, it was something marvelous. I really loved that second-to-last quote you put up there, too, about not making art for celebrity, but for the sake of art itself.

[kateelliott]

[sartorias]

You can imagine the audience reaction.

[egretplume]

That was a great Williams-esque story -- thanks for linking it!

[sartorias]

Welcome!