Offshoots From The Narrowing Straight

Book excerpt: This book is the second of a series of six, which focuses on the emotional experiences of the author's journeys through life. The main metaphor is a tree, of which the 'narrowing straight' is the trunk. The branches are the 'offshoots', the various tracks of his life. The leaves are his emotional experiences, which mature and then die. When they fall to the ground the experiences decay, but their nutrients nourish the hidden roots, which provide the tree with the resources to grow new leaves to sustain it. In the author's view, life's emotional experiences are thus continuously recycled.