Like the Universe Gasping for Air

The word reality holds much different definitions for one individual as it does for another. What one considers real is based on ones point of view and their correlation to the world around them based in all of the five senses. But, what if your perception of the world around you was distorted? What would happen if you couldn’t rely on your own sense of reality? John has just been in a near fatal car accident. He had several seizures. John could be anyone. Everyman. He is suffering from an illness that he seemingly cannot control which is deteriorating his memory. As we travel within John’s illness, within his life, we try to unravel what is the truth and what is a lie. There is also a great correlation between John is experiencing and what their Australian Shepard/ Border Collie is experiencing, as if she gave him these seizures. We experience the illness of epilepsy in different ways and through different realities throughout the book. Nestled within the lives of these two individuals, Helen and John, we not only come to see their relationship but to understand their individual points of view. Touched by horror and fear, “Like the universe gasping for air,” is a culmination of human endeavors, of what we allow to dictate our emotions and in the end who we love.

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