Below is an excerpt from my first graphic novel entitled "Darkness and Divinity"
"Welcome,
Oh life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and
to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race."
------------------James Joyce
"At
first, there was only Divinity and Darkness. They were around for quite a long
time. Actually, they were around before time existed.
Eventually,
Divinity said to Darkness, “I want to make a story, and I would appreciate your
help.”
Darkness
said, “Ok.”
They
began the story by creating many worlds and many sorts of beings. There were
purple worlds, golden worlds, cold and hot worlds…the list goes on. As for the
beings, there was an infinite assortment of those as well. Angels and aliens,
(the same thing really) mermaids, muscle men, unicorns and starfish. Lots and lots
of living, breathing beings.
The
interesting thing about these worlds and beings was that they were all
connected together by a sort of golden cord. This cord was also connected to
the source of all things, Divinity and Darkness.
Upon
finishing the creation process, Darkness asked Divinity, “Now what?”
To
which Divinity responded, “Motion” and slowly, all the worlds and all the
beings began to move.
“This
is very well and good, and in fact somewhat fascinating, but what may I ask is
the purpose?” he now asked.
“To
play of course. Haven’t you ever heard
of playing?”
Well
no he had never heard of “playing.” She had only made up the concept right that
minute, so really how could he have known?
At
this point you may wonder, “What did they play?” and the answer is somewhat complicated
and confusing. It seems the worlds and beings made up games with odd ideas and
notions, and they would play various roles in their story making games.
They
devised such notions as; good and evil, weak and strong, happy and sad, rich
and poor…playful games of drama.
But
ultimately they knew it was only a game. They were completely aware that they
weren’t separate at all. They knew they were connected to each other by the
golden cord which was also connected to their source; Divinity and Darkness..."
Susan Brown
