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Time Travel & Attention
When Nathan Field, of Susan Cooper's King of Shadows, finds himself in London in 1599, and realizes he is no longer in the 20th century, he is "baffled, and frightened."
He is vulnerable, impressionable and receptive, and paying close attention.
Nat's an actor who intuits that poetry is a way of understanding the world. As his aunt says, "Poets find truth by writing about what they love." With Shakespeare's sonnet 116, Nat learns that emotional ties, connections among the living, endure beyond a sole death.
For a moment, when the essentialness of his presence dawns on Nat, he experiences insight, "Looking at all the centuries, all the things that happen and are so hard to explain and understand."
Stories about time travel hold surprise, suspense, detail, mystery, fathoming. As do all stories.
In Old English, a "reader" was an interpreter of dreams. The word "dream" itself is linked to the Old English for "music" and "joy."
Be joyful, reader. Enjoy, traveler.
He is vulnerable, impressionable and receptive, and paying close attention.
Nat's an actor who intuits that poetry is a way of understanding the world. As his aunt says, "Poets find truth by writing about what they love." With Shakespeare's sonnet 116, Nat learns that emotional ties, connections among the living, endure beyond a sole death.
For a moment, when the essentialness of his presence dawns on Nat, he experiences insight, "Looking at all the centuries, all the things that happen and are so hard to explain and understand."
Stories about time travel hold surprise, suspense, detail, mystery, fathoming. As do all stories.
In Old English, a "reader" was an interpreter of dreams. The word "dream" itself is linked to the Old English for "music" and "joy."
Be joyful, reader. Enjoy, traveler.
