Black House
Recently I've been reading "Black House" by Stephen King and Peter Straub. It is a follow up to a book I started on CD and then finished reading by them called "The Talisman." In the first book the title character of Jack Sawyer, 12 years old, uses this parallel universe, he calls the territories, to travel across country to get the Talisman to save his dying mothers life.
"Black House" picks up some 20 or 30 years later as Jack has retired as a top LA Detective. He is in a small town in Wisconsin where it turns out a mass murderer has begun to rear his ugly head. Reluctantly Jack gets drawn into the case. As he enters into it a friend of his senses there is some secret in Jack's past but is unaware of it but suspects Jacks finally entering into the case has something to do with his mystery past. Consequently Jack's friend, Henry, asks Jack, "Are you running away from or towards your troubles?" Or something of that nature.
It is a question that arises several times in the book in different shapes or forms. It is a question that resonates with me. Is all of my moving around, all of my seeking of adventure running away or towards my problems, my troubles, my struggles. Those who know of my introverted nature might suggest that I'm facing them head on by venturing out. However, if we were to look beyond that might we see someone running away from deeper relationships for fear of the inability to hold up his end of that relationship? An interesting twist given my many rants about relationships and community. What is it really? Is it both? Are you heading towards or away from your struggles, troubles, or problems?
"Black House" picks up some 20 or 30 years later as Jack has retired as a top LA Detective. He is in a small town in Wisconsin where it turns out a mass murderer has begun to rear his ugly head. Reluctantly Jack gets drawn into the case. As he enters into it a friend of his senses there is some secret in Jack's past but is unaware of it but suspects Jacks finally entering into the case has something to do with his mystery past. Consequently Jack's friend, Henry, asks Jack, "Are you running away from or towards your troubles?" Or something of that nature.
It is a question that arises several times in the book in different shapes or forms. It is a question that resonates with me. Is all of my moving around, all of my seeking of adventure running away or towards my problems, my troubles, my struggles. Those who know of my introverted nature might suggest that I'm facing them head on by venturing out. However, if we were to look beyond that might we see someone running away from deeper relationships for fear of the inability to hold up his end of that relationship? An interesting twist given my many rants about relationships and community. What is it really? Is it both? Are you heading towards or away from your struggles, troubles, or problems?
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