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Shadowscape Episode 5, Part 2

THE SHADOWSCAPE

Copyright © 2025 John P. Healy


(e)scape for free from reality

now the fast which be first
will find that does not last,
now the slow nearly last
will later become first,
for now turns into past,
songs of glory fade fast

Remembrances of Energy Lords

And Time, a maniac scattering dust,
And Life, a Fury slinging flame.
– “In Memoriam A. H. H.” Canto 50 by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Episode 5, Part 2

[Draft 7-26-2025, more notes 8-2-2025. Added scene on 8-5-2025, 8-9-2025.]

“more than anything …” (push past pleased)

Prologue

[Scene description]

[The series host “Rod” walks into the scene, faces the camera, and makes a brief monolog.]

“Witness …

[Dramatic montage with music fades in and spins out to black.]

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The Shadowscape – Episode 5, Part 1

THE SHADOWSCAPE

Copyright © 2025 John P. Healy


(e)scape for free from reality

whether heaven or haven
will ever erase our blight,
our myths impel us even
further on a cosmic flight

 the gods need not take our sight …

Episode 5, Part 1

[Draft 7-20-2025, 7-21-2025, 7-22-2025 added notes, 7-24-2025 added sketches of scenes, 7-26-2025 more notes]

“more than anything …” (push past pleased)

Prologue

[Scene description]

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Puritan praise & pride – a legacy of conflated piety

[Draft 11-7-2024]

We supposedly live in a secular society. And yet, sacred speech dominates our polarized politics. The righteous mind is alive and well. Private & public piety pervades our identities, our virtues and values. Dogma still divides. History has lessons which remain unheeded. Social media (and money) amplify an illusion of majority voice. We drift into a divide over the future of our democracy. The role of reason is in retreat.

Can heads, hearts, and hands find common ground to move forward?

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