Emilie Autumn
Hello again!
You're good at this;)!!
The ambiguity is absolutely intentional—a good book will always say more about the person reading it than about the writer. In the Asylum, the choice is yours. Do they live? Do they die? Is she crazy? Is she not? Did any of this happen? Did everything happen? Or was she dead all along?
The answer will be what you need it to be, and, for me, that changes all the time, still. The ending is ambiguous for you because it is ambiguous for me. I don't know what happens. But I have a very good idea;)...and it's wonderful. And yes, I think it is very, very positive AND life-affirming, just as you say.
All my love,
~ EA
You're good at this;)!!
The ambiguity is absolutely intentional—a good book will always say more about the person reading it than about the writer. In the Asylum, the choice is yours. Do they live? Do they die? Is she crazy? Is she not? Did any of this happen? Did everything happen? Or was she dead all along?
The answer will be what you need it to be, and, for me, that changes all the time, still. The ending is ambiguous for you because it is ambiguous for me. I don't know what happens. But I have a very good idea;)...and it's wonderful. And yes, I think it is very, very positive AND life-affirming, just as you say.
All my love,
~ EA
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Rasheeda Wilson
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Emilie Autumn:
Hi, EA. I have the read the story many times over the years and I always interpreted the contents of the Asylum Letters to be an autobiographical allegory. That they mirrored events in your personal life from your early life to your psych stay. Am I right in understanding Emil-y's story this way? I believe you were telling a lot of the truth in the 'fictional' part ironically enough. Love you so much xoxo
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