RE: WRATH - Beyond the eye-for-an-eye principle
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Thanks for presenting your logic so well. I could follow a fairly complex thought process quite easily.
I have a thing for the seven deadlies, so I was delighted to see this discussed. I often try to choose which ones are in play, but I haven't tried this method to ameliorate excess. It's interesting to me that sloth is the opposite, in your case, of wrath.
I just posted a pop up wewrite contest. I hope you'll consider finishing my story.
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Thank you very much for the compliment.
I'm glad you like the revelation of my thought process, I find it a good way to make something obvious that a reader wouldn't otherwise know how I got to.
Yes, interesting, isn't it? One usually starts with a difficulty of oneself that one has become aware of or because it is increasingly brought to one's attention by others. That "too much of the same" can be destructive is something pretty much everyone knows, but how to get there, to identify a maturing direction for yourself, is not easy if you can't follow a path.
The results, if you follow the method strictly, turn out differently than if you immediately do a juxtaposition of opposites, don't you? If I just think of the opposite of rage, I might think it would be joy, wouldn't I? So, to avoid this habit of quick mental jumping and perhaps jumping to conclusions, I think the method is interesting.
Thank you for inviting me to finish your story, I don't know yet. I'll have a look at it. When the muse comes, I welcome her:)
Yes definitely interesting, and very personal. I would not have gone to "resistance" as the mild form of "wrath," but I immediately thought of "sloth" as the stronger form of acceptance. There's not one right answer to any of these steps, so the process will arrive at something that is personal.
It's a busy month, so I can understand not joining in my wewrite. I spend HOURS on finishing stories. I've only had one entry so far. I usually get at least three or four.