In Love with Words: The Secret to Unraveling the Princess's Fate
Words do not communicate meaning; they hide it.
“Wherever you are and whatever you do, be in love.” Rumi
In one screen adaptation of Charles Perrault’s fairy tale “Donkeyskin,” there is a scene where court poets gather to help the king and queen find the last missing verse in an incantation that an evil witch pronounced over the baby princess at her christening. The incantation, which sounds like a ri…
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