“What indeed is the half-life of a mortal consciousness? What is the half-life of a memory of that mortal consciousness? Of course, this is purely an academic question and of no immediate concern to those of us existing in the world of the living, for we possess already a memory, in its stead, which serves as a basis of our perception of the past. Accurate or not, this nature of memory allows us to understand the past according to the positions occupied by the flesh about which we seek to know, but, unfortunately, not in a way relative to the flesh itself—that flesh stripped of identity and circumstance, that flesh which, in its most rudimentary capacity, had once collided, interacted, fought, competed, negotiated, cooperated, and mated with other flesh: there is no history of this kind, thoroughly naked and telling enough, which is accessible to us, for we are composed of the very same substance, the very same flesh, and sadly incapable of stepping outside of it, even momentarily.” ConsciousnessRolesFleshSubstanceMortalitySublimeImpermanenceHalf LifeMemory And ImaginationAshim ShankerImagined ExperienceInsubstantialHistory Of Material SubstanceTangible Versus Intangible Book:Only the Deplorable Source: Only the Deplorable
“...she loved the first snow of the season, when all the faded browns of the sleeping earth were awakened into a new kind of aliveness, everything coarse made suddenly delicate, everything solid turned lacy and insubstantial. Magic that didn't need words to enact itself year after year.” MagicSnowDelicateAwakenedInk Blood Sister ScribeEmma TörzsAlivenessJoannaJoanna KalotayInsubstantial Author:Emma Törzs
“Built on the insubstantial foundation of our feelings, the life we had created together seemed a figment of our imaginations that dissolved into fairy dust in the face of something real, and deadly, like cancer.” FeelingsRealityRomanceCancerRachelTumorInsubstantial Book:Orphan Number Eight Source: Orphan Number Eight