S.R. Alexander

Monday, February 8, 2010

Working on ‘First world’

I am working on a piece that I cant even fully understand myself. The reason being so many things are going on in my head, fighting for my attention. Everything wants to be thought about, and for the things I cant give attention to they lurk in my sub conscious, and I think about them as I sleep. When I wake I catch fleeting thoughts as they go back to the depths of my mind. Dreams tease me with their ending but even that is soon forgotten as I shake the grogginess off my face.

I have been thinking a lot about God and the understanding of religion. I have been thinking more about faith (More posts on that later) however it has lead me creatively to express my ideals. More specifically the book of revelations has inspired me to write about God in a way I thought I never would. Its still in the stewing process, meaning its cooking in my head and I don’t really have much tangible but I do have a feeling an idea. To further my cooking I have added the Iliad to my reading. The gods in that story interests me very much. I enjoy how they are very much human in the emotions they carry and the way they interact with the people and each other. It is almost like a drama in the sky as much as it follows the drama on earth. I know that my story will have gods. I cant help but think about Roman Catholicism. I will need to re familiarize myself on that religion. I think my story may even have a pope like figure.

This is not my first attempt at a novel, I actually have various other projects in the works that for one reason stalled. I am praying that along with my spiritual growth I can also grow with this story and complete it. If that is the case this would not be a bad first novel. And since its satire its not a bad genera to start off in.