He Nearly Had a Vision

[GirlyGirlMask]

"Whenever he tried to form a picture of something, anything, in his mind, all he saw was a blank: a new page that retained the purity of its original mintage, nothingness unstained by inner conception. Once he nearly had a vision of something, a few specks flying across a fuzzy background of white snow in a white sky--and there was a garbled voice which he had not intentionally conjured. But it all fizzled out after a few seconds into a silent stretch of emptiness."

Thomas Ligotti, "The Troubles of Dr. Thoss"

[Nemonymous]

Great quote.

I quoted this from the same thoss story:

“Nothing was in the window but the pure whiteness of the page, the pale abyss of unshut eyes."

In my review of it here: Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe Thomas Ligotti | GESTALT REAL-TIME REVIEWS: Dreamcatcher of Fiction Books

[GirlyGirlMask]

Quote Originally Posted by Nemonymous

Great quote. I quoted this from the same thoss story: “Nothing was in the window but the pure whiteness of the page, the pale abyss of unshut eyes." In my review of it here: Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe Thomas Ligotti | GESTALT REAL-TIME REVIEWS: Dreamcatcher of Fiction Books

That is fantastic as well, I'd actually considered it earlier. I'm in love with this story.