Cool topic. I'd want to attend it, given this description.
One of my earliest out-of-context literary memories is of a fairy tale with a character whose heart was bound with an iron band, making him unable to feel. Eventually he has a profound emotional experience that touches his heart so deeply that his heart expands and breaks the iron band and he is healed. Oddly enough, I don't remember anything else about the story, which was one I listened to over and over on a wire recorder in my preschool years.
I think that suggests what a primal and powerful image this is (although I note that hearts bound with iron bands are not technically within the scope of your proposal. Perhaps they should be.)
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Date: 2007-06-22 03:29 pm (UTC)One of my earliest out-of-context literary memories is of a fairy tale with a character whose heart was bound with an iron band, making him unable to feel. Eventually he has a profound emotional experience that touches his heart so deeply that his heart expands and breaks the iron band and he is healed. Oddly enough, I don't remember anything else about the story, which was one I listened to over and over on a wire recorder in my preschool years.
I think that suggests what a primal and powerful image this is (although I note that hearts bound with iron bands are not technically within the scope of your proposal. Perhaps they should be.)
Does anybody reading this recognize the story?