La Pastiche: An introduction

I call upon the 9 Muses of Greek mythology to inspire me to write and never deprive me of interesting ideas and the perfect words to paint that the world is beautiful in as much as it is cruel; that life is a gift in as much as it is a curse; that I am a blessing as I am a bomb.
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La Pastiche is the daughter of my previous blog “chopsuey.” While chopsuey is the enamored Chinese dish of various vegetables, my “chopsuey” was a hodgepodge of my whims and caprice – all put into writing.
Sadly, I have to abort “chopsuey” for reasons I do not wish to discuss.
La Pastiche. La Pastiche. La Pastiche. The other daughter of JPC’s whims and caprice.
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The online Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “pastiche” as a musical, literary or artistic composition made up of selections from different works. Just like the now defunct “chopsuey,” La Pastiche promises to be a blog of all odds.
La Pastiche aims for the artistic verbalization of my “neurosis,” as I fully embrace the fact that there lies, deep within me, a dormant lunatic whose extravagant follies are best expressed by writing.
La Pastiche will also try to express my passions and feelings through writing, just like “Tita” in Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel’s “Como Agua Para Chocolate (Like Water For Chocolate).” Like her cooking which causes people who taste it experience what she feels, I wish that La Pastiche will somehow touch the lives of those who read its entries.
Talk about an ethereal purpose in writing.
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In closing, La Pastiche invokes the aid of Thalia, Melpomene, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Erato, Calliope, Urania, Polyhymnia and Polymnia. Lead La Pastiche to greater heights.
Guide me to keep on writing the wave./JPC