In today's writing the author discusses how art can enhance everyday reality and that enhancement if a form of socery. He further states that "art helps us find magic and beauty in the real world."
In the section "For Further Reflection": He states that art in this sense enchants and bewitches us and it represents the animation of our imagination. It is our human ability to take the raw stuff of nature and transform it into a story. By the same token the art can add sorcery to our everyday lives, a way in which reality imitates fiction.
The "Try This" assignment for today is:
1. Write a poem about the sorcery you detect in the everyday world.
2. Outline a story in which your main character, dissatisfied with the way his love life is progressing, decides to add some sorcery to it. What kind of sorcery does he resort to? Does it work or does it backfire? what are the consequences.
In order for me to fully understand this assignment I looked up the definition of sorcery
1. A noun. Use of supernatural power over others through the assistance of spirits; witchcraft.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
2. A. Verb. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) the art, practices, or spells of magic, esp black magic, by which it is sought to harness occult forces or evil spirits in order to produce preternatural effects in the world. Also from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
3. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition is the use of magic or witchcraft.
Therefore, although I do not have time to do the outline at this time, I think my story would be of a man who went to New Orleans famed voodoo priestess Marie LaVue for a magic spell to cast on the woman of his desires.
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