Re:The Pomegranate Architect
by stbullard on Thursday January 29, 2015 @08:06PM
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If anyone is as confused by the title as I was: googling "Bradbury Pomegranate" pulled up an interview[1] in which he explains the metaphor in the context of his writing:
Weller: “Do you ever marvel at how much you’ve created?” (Bradbury has published close to 600 short stories, over 30 books and numerous poems, essays, and plays.)
Bradbury: “The simple fact is this: I’m a pomegranate. I’m a very big pomegranate that exploded and my seeds are all over the place. So there are 10,000 seeds of me all over the place. I am glad that I exploded and that I took root to become a pomegranate.”
Weller: “Do you ever marvel at how much you’ve created?” (Bradbury has published close to 600 short stories, over 30 books and numerous poems, essays, and plays.)
Bradbury: “The simple fact is this: I’m a pomegranate. I’m a very big pomegranate that exploded and my seeds are all over the place. So there are 10,000 seeds of me all over the place. I am glad that I exploded and that I took root to become a pomegranate.”
[1] http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2010/07/237931...