In my last post, I discussed how our storytelling about ourselves, others, and the world should be constrained by the facts of reality. In this post, I explore the value of more fictionalized storytelling, creating narratives that are less bound by the facts of reality but that are no less in touch with creative archetypes.
Continue readingEvery telling has a taling, and that’s the he and the she of it
Finnegans Wake, I.8
In many ways, Finnegans Wake is a book about storytelling. It’s a collection of stories. In some places, full stories are told from beginning to end; in other places, they abruptly start and stop, get interrupted, meld into other tales, or get lost in confusion (like the history of HCE in I.2-4).
Continue readingThis post follows up on Part 1 and Part 2 by reflecting on references to the fable in other parts of Finnegans Wake.
Continue readingThis post continues my discussion of The Mookse and the Gripes from the last post.
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