“Fate will have it—and this has always been the case with me—that all the ‘outer’ aspects of my life should be accidental. Only what is interior has proved to have substance and a determining value.” — Carl Jung
He knew from an early age,
or perhaps it would be truer
to say from a timeless state,
that it was meant to be
an inside job.
The outer was simply a pageant
and circus of externals
run by ghosts
and blind assassins.
His quest,
as foretold by his soul,
was to learn to navigate
through the interior world,
the plains and ravines and hinterlands of psyche,
its deep dark forests too,
and to do so abiding faith
and trust in illuminated breadcrumbs,
scattered
here and there
to the alchemy
of paths always forming.
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About John Biscello
Originally from Brooklyn, NY, writer, poet, performer, and playwright, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001.
He is the author of four novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, and No Man’s Brooklyn; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag, two poetry collections, Arclight and Moonglow on Mercy Street; and a fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll, illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. He also adapted classic fables, which were paired with the vintage illustrations of artist, Paul Bransom, for the collection: Once Upon a Time, Classic Fables Reimagined. His produced, full-length plays include: LOBSTERS ON ICE, ADAGIO FOR STRAYS, THE BEST MEDICINE, ZEITGEIST, U.S.A., and WEREWOLVES DON’T WALTZ.
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