The Artist Deals With What Cannot Be

Other People's Stories May Become Part Of Your Own, The Foundation Of It, The Ground It Goes On.

Most Civilisations, Perhaps, Look Shinier In General Terms And From Several Light-years Away.

Not Even Need And Love Can Defeat Fate.

From That Time Forth He Believed That The Wise Man Is One Who Never Sets Himself Apart From Other Living Things, Whether They Have Speech Or Not, And In Later Years He Strove Long To Learn What Can Be Learned, In Silence, From The Eyes Of Animals, The Flight Of Birds, The Great Slow Gestures Of Trees.

The Label Ya Actually Means Nothing Except That The Protagonists, Or Some Of Them, Are Young. Publishers Like It Because It Is A Secure Marketing Niche. But The Cost Of Security Is Exclusion From Literary Consideration.