tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post854587765929059232..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Bending SandAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-89325059505366819432016-05-01T02:12:56.195-06:002016-05-01T02:12:56.195-06:00Point taken, consider me humbled ... it's easy...Point taken, consider me humbled ... it's easy to get used to what one already has.Maxwell Joslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02309867478186083339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-80593417376953452822016-05-01T00:21:39.732-06:002016-05-01T00:21:39.732-06:00But consider the boy making the sand castle, Maxwe...But consider the boy making the sand castle, Maxwell - he's covered in wet sand and he's bent down with his hands digging endlessly into course sand.<br /><br />Enjoy the straw.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-15174018275312740102016-05-01T00:02:04.846-06:002016-05-01T00:02:04.846-06:00I'm staring into a special machine that lets m...I'm staring into a special machine that lets me use the written word (itself an invention) to communicate my thoughts to you with nothing but my hands, my human language faculty, and basic computing skills ... but this thing is quite a narrow straw to force thoughts through, I find. Even if I can type decently fast. And most of the time I have to go back and edit edit edit edit edit before the idea shines.Maxwell Joslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02309867478186083339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-54985688892768648642016-04-30T11:26:54.267-06:002016-04-30T11:26:54.267-06:00That is the very substance of the Greek muse, Maxw...That is the very substance of the Greek muse, Maxwell. The Greek artists were the first to notice that it is a human perception that something we are creating has not actually been created by us - but by apparently some supernatural force. As far as I know, this has not yet been explained by anyone - though I know many have tried (Jung, for one). It is the principal underlying Shaw's Pygmalion, based on the Greek myth of the man who creates a perfect woman and then cannot relate to her, even though she came into existence by his own hand. A muse, the goddess Melite, figures very prominently in my book about musicians, <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/alexis-d-smolensk/petes-garage/paperback/product-20757783.html" rel="nofollow">Pete's Garage</a>.<br /><br />Wouldn't it be marvelous if there was a means by which we could make manifest our thoughts? How immense would be the world of my making . . .Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-34378599720231221252016-04-30T10:38:02.166-06:002016-04-30T10:38:02.166-06:00I often get the feeling while working on my gamewo...I often get the feeling while working on my gameworld* that I'm not really the one creating it -- it's more like I'm carving away at something that exists outside of myself, the contours of which I can see, and my work is just bringing that thing to light.<br /><br />Do you ever feel like that, Alexis? fellow readers?<br /><br />Furthermore I can see in my mind's eye very clearly what a given part of the whole would look like in its ideal state, and how I might get to there from where that part of my game/world is now. Then it's just a matter of using my hours each day ...<br /><br />Maxwell Joslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02309867478186083339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-49436718804256765682016-04-29T22:06:24.699-06:002016-04-29T22:06:24.699-06:00About 3 years ago you showed me that I could expan...About 3 years ago you showed me that I could expand the moat around my game and I have been reaping the benefits ever since. LTWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14280926541054573911noreply@blogger.com