Preface
What is Laloym? Where does it come from? Who discovered it? And what might it do for me?
Attempting to answer these questions by way of direct proclamation would be like spooning flour, butter, sugar, eggs, and baking soda into one’s mouth and hoping they become a cake in the stomach. It would be neither enjoyable nor effective.
People have always understood the world through a narrative lens. We enjoy stories, we learn from stories, and we live stories. Far from being a mere human quirk, storytelling is the means by which meaning penetrates more deeply — past the point of verbal comprehension, down to the level where it can be truly felt. It gives us the freedom to find and extract meaning for ourselves. It is the difference between unpacking a sword from a box and pulling it from a stone.
What follows is a myth that I will reveal one chapter at a time. It contains a mix of prose and poetry that I hope you will find both entertaining and dense with meaning. And while each line has been crafted slowly and thoughtfully, the meaning that oozes out from between the lines will likely say more about the reader than the writer.
In any case, I hope you enjoy