TMOHD Prologue and Chapter 1: Calling
Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2003 5:02 am
Steeped in the vaccuum of her dreams,
A mirror's empty till
A man rides through it.
John Myers Myers, Silverlock
Terisa and Geraden
The story of Terisa and Geraden began very much like a fable. She was a princess in a high tower. He was a hero come to rescue her. She was the only daughter of wealth and power. He was the seventh son of the lord of the seventh Care. She was beautiful from the auburn hair that crowned her head to the tips of her white toes. He was handsome and courageous. She was held prisoner by enchantment. He was a fearless breaker of enchantment.
The Mirror of Her Dreams [Prologue]......
the prologue really explains the dynamics of Terisa's enchanted prison .. her fathers control over her life as an adult. She wears clothes he chose for her .. lives in the condiminium he assigned for her .. Somewhere to keep her safe but also isolated .. isolated from him and his pressing lifestyle .. and out of his hair.
ok so it seems there is not a lot of love between father and daughter .. Terisa is akin to a possession. Kept in a safe place .. confined by perhaps the emotional abuse of neglect.
this neglect seems to have affected Terisa in that she suffers attacks of anxiety or similar .. where she struggles for a grasp on her reality .. her existence ..
I guess because of the way she was raised .. eventhough an attractive young girl .. she has no sense of self-value .. We are told her body was of a type praised in magazines .. that even though men that might have considered her beautiful or desirable seemed not to notice her.
This is interesting .. for what man fails to notice a beautiful or desirable woman?? Clearly Terisa dressed and held herself in such a way that perpetuated her perception of lacking material being.
It is interesting that the way one may feel about oneself is communicated to those around us .. in unmistakable language! The language of self-depreciating behaviour .. the language of un-confidence .. the language of non-caring.
It would seem because Terisa struggles for some tangible evidence of her actual material being .. that she feels inconsequential in and of herself .. that she lacks the tang of vitality .. that those who are filled with the exuberance of life have.
She lacks any real interest in the world around her .. she works in the mission but sees it as entirely futile .. she seems not to have any real commitment to this work .. she is just there and does what she is required .. She seems incapable of enthusiasm .. But the horns .. give her a taste of something vital .. she sees hope where she only perceived despair ..
Also in her dream she did not really care if she were killed or not by the marauding attackers. She lay there watching all the commotion surround her .. she watched one come to her defence ..
Maybe this act on her defenders part .. was what changed something inside of her .. but suddenly .. although she could not muster any resources on her own behalf .. she sat up and called out a warning to him!!
Maybe the source of her problems are deep and complex .. but maybe also her need was simple! Primarily this act of her defender .. affirmed her exixtence and this in turn gave her some sense of realness and vitality.
What do you think? Is anyone aware of what Terisa's issue with her existence is? Is there an identifiable illness or condition which anyone may be aware of?
Clearly she suffers attacks .. as it is outlined in the first chapter .. It is not hard to appreciate why she has these feelings about herself .. is it?
On my first reading of this .. I felt .. ugghh god .. another melodramatic beginning .. poor little rich girl .. why doesnt she snap out of this mind-set .. and sieze what she does have .. and make the best of it ..
but its not as simple as that .. I realise now .. her problems are deep-seated .. rooted in her from child-hood. Maybe even from before .. we learn her mother was similarly inert .. both victims to an overbearing manupulative control freak.
There's so much in these first few passages ..
A mirror's empty till
A man rides through it.
John Myers Myers, Silverlock
Terisa and Geraden
The story of Terisa and Geraden began very much like a fable. She was a princess in a high tower. He was a hero come to rescue her. She was the only daughter of wealth and power. He was the seventh son of the lord of the seventh Care. She was beautiful from the auburn hair that crowned her head to the tips of her white toes. He was handsome and courageous. She was held prisoner by enchantment. He was a fearless breaker of enchantment.
The Mirror of Her Dreams [Prologue]......
the prologue really explains the dynamics of Terisa's enchanted prison .. her fathers control over her life as an adult. She wears clothes he chose for her .. lives in the condiminium he assigned for her .. Somewhere to keep her safe but also isolated .. isolated from him and his pressing lifestyle .. and out of his hair.
ok so it seems there is not a lot of love between father and daughter .. Terisa is akin to a possession. Kept in a safe place .. confined by perhaps the emotional abuse of neglect.
this neglect seems to have affected Terisa in that she suffers attacks of anxiety or similar .. where she struggles for a grasp on her reality .. her existence ..
I guess because of the way she was raised .. eventhough an attractive young girl .. she has no sense of self-value .. We are told her body was of a type praised in magazines .. that even though men that might have considered her beautiful or desirable seemed not to notice her.
This is interesting .. for what man fails to notice a beautiful or desirable woman?? Clearly Terisa dressed and held herself in such a way that perpetuated her perception of lacking material being.
It is interesting that the way one may feel about oneself is communicated to those around us .. in unmistakable language! The language of self-depreciating behaviour .. the language of un-confidence .. the language of non-caring.
It would seem because Terisa struggles for some tangible evidence of her actual material being .. that she feels inconsequential in and of herself .. that she lacks the tang of vitality .. that those who are filled with the exuberance of life have.
She lacks any real interest in the world around her .. she works in the mission but sees it as entirely futile .. she seems not to have any real commitment to this work .. she is just there and does what she is required .. She seems incapable of enthusiasm .. But the horns .. give her a taste of something vital .. she sees hope where she only perceived despair ..
Also in her dream she did not really care if she were killed or not by the marauding attackers. She lay there watching all the commotion surround her .. she watched one come to her defence ..
Maybe this act on her defenders part .. was what changed something inside of her .. but suddenly .. although she could not muster any resources on her own behalf .. she sat up and called out a warning to him!!
Maybe the source of her problems are deep and complex .. but maybe also her need was simple! Primarily this act of her defender .. affirmed her exixtence and this in turn gave her some sense of realness and vitality.
What do you think? Is anyone aware of what Terisa's issue with her existence is? Is there an identifiable illness or condition which anyone may be aware of?
Clearly she suffers attacks .. as it is outlined in the first chapter .. It is not hard to appreciate why she has these feelings about herself .. is it?
On my first reading of this .. I felt .. ugghh god .. another melodramatic beginning .. poor little rich girl .. why doesnt she snap out of this mind-set .. and sieze what she does have .. and make the best of it ..
but its not as simple as that .. I realise now .. her problems are deep-seated .. rooted in her from child-hood. Maybe even from before .. we learn her mother was similarly inert .. both victims to an overbearing manupulative control freak.
There's so much in these first few passages ..