The Epic of Old and the World of Dreams

Many of my friends have read the epic that I wrote in the late fall. It was eleven pages and was a gripping fantasy story with a sci-fi twist. It contained several pieces of poetry and dialog, each connected by a paragraph of story in italics. I am currently writing a part two, except this will have more sci-fi than the previous work which was mainly fantasy. The thing with the epic though is that the ending changes your understanding of the whole story. Once you get to the end, you can read the story once more with an entirely new perspective.


I don't intend to go with this approach in my next work. The story will be far more descriptive and about as long as the poetry. The intro is close to a page and explains much. There is less room for interpretation in the story, but there is room for imagination when reading about the new realm of dreams I wish to portray. I believe right now, I will have two or three long sections of story with a mixed collection of poems and dialog. The story will put things in a pseudo-scientific perspective as the mix of poetry takes a different approach. I'm going to put together the lore of Hlendvlask concerning this new realm. It will be from the point of view of the humans who inhabit the planet. There will be at least two new characters. There is the Grand Surveyor of Dreams who is basically the god of that realm. Then there will be a philosopher who attempts to unravel the mysteries of the place as he quests to discover the "fountain of knowledge". I haven't named him yet, but I am tempted to make him the same philosopher of Almyros that is mentioned in the epic.

Fractal Geometry

I became interested once again in fractal art, and even downloaded a program that creates it. Alas, it required knowledge I don't possess. I gave up rather quickly. Here are some pictures created by the Mandelbulb-3d program (not by me, obviously).