Xanda Monteiro

Great article Elle. Thank you for the audio. It reminds me of living at the monastery and there lies the difficulty - If everyone is of the same mind then it is possible, but as mentioned people have different aspirations and in my experience wanting less is a place for more contentment, but we have been raised to want more and so the difficulty remains. It does take training to want less while wanting more is the default, no effort required. I loved that you mentioned Ursula Le Guin. Fantastic author. I must investigate more on what she did with her work.

Oh! Now that I am a few chapters in, I have figured what is so special about your voice. It is the simplicity of the descriptions (really hard to do - a lot of skill - a lot of practice) - I loved when you go back and return to the moment you had left) pouring onto each page. I feel it is a pity that you are disappointed at the results you got, but I am certain that in time, your novel will be found and loved as it should be. You are so skilled that you can do anything Elle.

On the other hand, yes we have created a work where people’s attention span is so damaged from they habits , that if we would like to help, we have to enter their space, which seems now ours, those who want to contribute to it.

I know what you mean about the other ideas I just responded to on your last post, but I feel that your novel is timeless. I always detested the world we had created with web 2, but learning about Bitcoin has shown me that there are beautiful minds out there on the web too. More and more, as blockchain technologies come to be, I feel it can be a wonderful place to spend time in and to influence it in the right direction. You are definitely going there. Ride on!

Really wonderful descriptions. Loving every word. But just got distracted by a notification. It is from you!