Marc Todd
Thanks Kato. This is a great question.
When I was researching extreme fear and pain, I delved deeper into trying to understand Dissociation (due to trauma, when physical escape is not possible, Dissociation is a means of escaping mentally). Dissociation allowed me to ponder upon where the mind escapes, and allowed me to create an alternate reality to the one the Kludde brought its victims mentally, to torture them. There exists the real world, then there is the Kludde’s physical world, and the Kludde’s mental world - and so I created / imagined a mental world where escape is possible. The Beyond is a world outside of the physical, and in a place where the Kludde cannot go. The Beyond is a place where we are all connected.
I remembered reading about the telepathic and extrasensory abilities of primitive peoples. Due to a lack of technology, people were more attuned to these abilities and these connections to nature and to each other. Part of the philosophy in my novel is that we are all connected (through chains) - and that in the end, we will all return to being One.
I originally had a line (it was cut) in my book (after one of the characters dies) - “In life we are lost in a mass of pieces, never whole, never fulfilled, yearning for the other pieces of ourselves that once made us one. It is in death, that we come together again. To return to the collective with new experiences to share, so that all can assimilate, learn and grow.”
When I was researching extreme fear and pain, I delved deeper into trying to understand Dissociation (due to trauma, when physical escape is not possible, Dissociation is a means of escaping mentally). Dissociation allowed me to ponder upon where the mind escapes, and allowed me to create an alternate reality to the one the Kludde brought its victims mentally, to torture them. There exists the real world, then there is the Kludde’s physical world, and the Kludde’s mental world - and so I created / imagined a mental world where escape is possible. The Beyond is a world outside of the physical, and in a place where the Kludde cannot go. The Beyond is a place where we are all connected.
I remembered reading about the telepathic and extrasensory abilities of primitive peoples. Due to a lack of technology, people were more attuned to these abilities and these connections to nature and to each other. Part of the philosophy in my novel is that we are all connected (through chains) - and that in the end, we will all return to being One.
I originally had a line (it was cut) in my book (after one of the characters dies) - “In life we are lost in a mass of pieces, never whole, never fulfilled, yearning for the other pieces of ourselves that once made us one. It is in death, that we come together again. To return to the collective with new experiences to share, so that all can assimilate, learn and grow.”
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Kim Megahee
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Marc Todd:
I don't have a question. I'm just amazed that you have enough time to do all the things listed in your description. What's your educational background? Looks like some psychological training, which I envy. It must help a lot with character development in your books. Cheers and Regards, Kim PS - During my IT consulting career, I spent a lot of time up in Toronto, which I believe is not too far from you.
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