SKYtalks
Spoiler Alert
The following interview videos help share some of my thoughts about writing the novel Sky. A few key themes from the book are discussed and character names are occasionally mentioned, so if you have not read Sky and would like to read it without hearing background information, you may want to save these until after you finish.
If you would like to hear some background information before starting to read Sky, the videos may help you connect with the story once you start. Try some and see what you think.
These are unscripted recordings, and are offered as part of a growing creative practice. Kim Stufflebeam recorded and processed these videos as a gift. It was his idea to record some of my thoughts about the novel, and I am grateful to him for all he did to make this a reality. The following concept from Sky condenses some of my thoughts about vulnerability and exposure.
"The more you know about who I truly am, the more powerful I become."
Best Wishes,
John Palmerlee
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Where did the story behind Sky come from and how did the creative process itself impact the story as it was forming? |
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Working with Kim Stufflebeam on Sky was a collaborative effort impacting both the graphical direction of the book as well as its final content. In this video, I discuss some realizations surrounding this process. |
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This includes a discussion of personal work leading up to the concept of Compatible Opposites and how that became part of Sky. |
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Here, I discuss some observations about the use of good and evil in modern science fiction literature and how I applied my perspective to the Sky story. |
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One of the chapter quotes in Sky suggests that victimhood and war are related. In this video I talk about some of my personal experiences and how they impacted my perspective, and therefore Sky. |
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Is there a perpetual essence in the universe, and if so, what is it made of, and how does that interact with matter? This is a concept discussed in later chapters of Sky. In this video I talk about some of the formative questions behind these ideas. |
