Micro Memoirs

Page Down for Audio. Lanascopic reflects on one of the first times she watched the show- live and in person- of the casting out of demons. In vivid detail, Lana describes the scene in which a pastor casts out demons and commentates from her then-to-now perspectives.

Scroll Down for Audio. Excerpt: "And on many days my friends would start talking about their daddies in the schoolyard, then I’d quietly walk away because I didn’t want to risk anyone asking me about mine. I had learned to tightly guard the impressions I gave others about me at all costs, a priority, a defensiveness in my blood which ran through my tiny self-conscious veins." -Lanascopic

In this revealing personal reflection, I compare an observant little girl's visual impressions of two interiors, one of a Catholic, then Babtist church. Her inexpressible insights reveal the sensitive curiosity of a soul searcher as well as the power of art. Years later, she has a talk with God, who seems ten pounds lighter in person than he does in the bible.

Is adoption an option? In 1985, I experienced a bizarre dream whose manifestation into the waking world was already in progress when I awoke to watch it all again in the real, waking world. I don't know what this kind of dream is called, but I was dreaming it one minute into the future. Understanding is never a waste, and here I pass its message on to anyone who either is or knows a young person faced with a serious life decision while in the paralyzing grips of people-pleasing.