March 9th, 2010
Once Upon A Time… The Alchemist
“It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”i
To be entirely honest, this post has been a loooong time coming. I keep looking back over it and can’t quite decide whether or not it’s time to let it go out into the world.
Beside the point though. I’ve been pondering on a fun little project to do here at the blog for a little while, but just couldn’t quite find the right way to go about it until now. My plan is to do a special series as part of my Picspam posts dedicated to images inspired by books, movies, fairy tales, whatever have you. Like a visual translation of something non-visual. If that makes sense. In an attempt at being adorable and because I’m a fairy tales fiend, I’m titling this little series “Once Upon A Time”.
For the first part of this series, I’d like to start with the book The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo. I read this book about two months ago now, and it’s really stuck with me ever since. I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s one of my favourite books of all time, but it’s one of those books that I feel is one that everyone should read at some point in their lives. It’s a very spiritual read, and I know for me personally, it made me re-think a lot about how I go about living my daily life in pursuit of my dreams. I won’t go further into detail so as not to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t read it, so on with the images! I’m hoping they serve to be more indicative of the general feel for the novel, than to retell it ‘word-for-word’, if you will. Some are literal, while others are based on certain images that came into my mind while reading.
“Before the boy could reply, a butterfly appeared and fluttered between him and the old man. He remembered something his grandfather had once told him: that butterflies were a good omen. Like crickets and like grasshoppers; like lizards and four-leafed clovers.” ii
“If what one finds is of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return.”iii
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Really? What a coincidence, indeed! :D The British postal service and I must be in tune with one another. haha
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