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EPIC

By sophie | January 7th, 2010
“It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.” – Decouvertes “An EPIC (from Greek: ἔπος “word, story, poem” ) is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and [...]
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FURTHER ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING

By sophie | November 28th, 2009
“Further Ado is about people who live their lives well, and with passion. It’s spirited and surprising. It’s full of fanfare, ceremony and pomp, empowerment and inspiration. Because, after all, we are all our own opinion columnists.” I loved responding to the questions Amelia Marshall put to me last weekend, the woman behind Futher Ado – [...]
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THE PSYCHE OF THE PEN

By sophie | August 28th, 2009
Just came across the person that is Robert Crumb and more specifically, the pen that he wields. His work, and more specifically the observations that are channeled through his work, remind me of an image my friend Danny drew for me, a potential Paper Castle Logo, which I based on the idea that: If the pen [...]
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CHATEAU WALLS ALIVE

By sophie | May 8th, 2009
Something from the future novel I have been working on. You know what it’s called, so far – Summer, Fall, Summer. But before that is finished however, you will read The Beginning of an Inexplicable Journey, a novella of mine which, as I recently told to Ace Commenter, Scott, can be described in the following [...]
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PHILOSOPHY, DOING WHAT IT IS MEANT FOR.

By sophie | January 27th, 2009
I was walking through cyber traffic when someone called my name from an alley and I walked down it. As I got closer the alley wasn’t grimy and newspaper strewn, but gleaming with shine and gold. The voice I had been drawn to was this young lady, and her telling of philosophy. It made me [...]
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PAPER CASTLE, THE PHILOSOPHY

By sophie | January 6th, 2009
As the New Year begins and the Christmas tree needles snap, before I enter more vessels that will take me travelling across hot asphalt and through the bluest of blue skies and the darkest of dark rains, I offer this. Soon it will become a permanent fixture of Paper Castle as we grow and expand [...]
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