ADELAJA's
"BOOK-IN"
ADELAJA BOOK-IN
"The 'Author' is Dead -
Long Live the BOOK-IN!"
- Oladipo Adegboyega Adelaja,
SOTI Collected Works
"THE AUTHOR & POWER!"
"The 'Good' Author -
The powerful Author -
- refuses -
To tell -
- a -
STORY!!!
And you must stomach that.
This exquisite -
'PLEASURE'
- of -
'AUTHORSHIP'
Is rarely enjoyed.
Thus, should the Author -
Still
STRIVE
To refuse to tell -
The
STORY?
Why not?
What has changed?
Refuse to tell
Your
STORY
Until
COMPELLED!!!
Since -
What's the point of a story?
Why not pursue - TRUTH."
Oladipo Adegboyega Adelaja, SOTI Collected Works
COMMENTARY
This Aphorism in keeping with the SOTI Aphorism tradition, poses a paradox - that being, the Author who refuses to tell a story (Lines 1-6.)
However, if one is compelled as an Author to tell a story, then that is acceptable (Lines 21-25.)
The reason - given for this extreme view is that - what matter the story? - 'Truth,' should be sought -
Who could query that? -
Save for some like Pontius Pilate, who asks of the Lord Yeshua (Jesus) mockingly -
"Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all." - John 18:38, KJV
Oladipo Adegboyega Adelaja, SOTI Collected Works