#narrative alchemy

[soulcruzerone]

Lately I’ve been thinking about what it means to become a “text-based ontologist” in a world where text increasingly functions as the universal substrate. Not just writing about reality, but increasingly writing through reality. Prompts generate worlds. Stories organise perception. Language shapes

Notes Toward a Text-Based Ontology in the Age of Executable Language

[soulcruzerone]

Narrative Alchemy Prompt #2

The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new – Pema Chödrön There’s a story you already know how to run. Not merely know. You’ve rehearsed it until it passes through the nervous system like a familiar current. You can cue the opening beat, the turning point, the conclusion, and the moral stamped across the middle like an official seal. You know what the event…

Narrative Alchemy Prompt #2

[soulcruzerone]

You can understand your patterns and still be trapped inside them. Because understanding isn’t the same as becoming.

The Gap Between Understanding and Becoming

[soulcruzerone]

Experimenting with the audiobook format on Youtube. "Two fishes swim in your inner sea... but look closer: they cast only one shadow." If you’re a fan of ancient symbols, or poetic philosophy, come sit by the fire and listen with me.

The Secret of the Two Fishes: A Journey into Inner Alchemy [Audiobook]

[soulcruzerone]

We live in a world of text. Not metaphorically. Literally. Stories are running as code. Language spreads like a virus. And most of us are executing scripts we didn’t write. This is a foundation stone for narrative alchemy.

We Live in a World of Text: A Foundation for Narrative Alchemy