Leaf by Niggle - Allegory??

[greyhavener]

If we take every scene, perhaps every word, as a symbol - a code - that can and should be cracked and rationalised, that all ambiguity can be washed away by inference, that we can fill in the gaps by assuming "this obvious reference to x was subconscious" or similar, what we are doing is emasculating the art of what it is that makes it art.

Indeed, Kalessin, "Leaf by Niggle" deserves a better reading. The real enjoyment of a story that is art comes when it not only communicates something about the author, but something about the reader. I enjoyed "Leaf by Niggle" as a story, as a personal expression by an author I love, and as a framework for some of my own interior experiences. Isn't that ultimately why any of us connects to a piece of art or music or literature...because it is in some small way also about us.