MY MUSE is a hard taskmaster. Last summer, 2025, I just finished two books:
LINES DRAWN AUTHENTIC: A Realized Man
THE FOUR ELEMENTS: Seasons Bleeding into Existence
I thought it was time to relax and recuperate. The two books were 7 years in the making. But NO!
My Muse called me to start a new, original project: a Quest. I have studied much in Quest Literature of Medieval Europe–particularly the various cycles of the Holy Grail Quest. I read several Grail accounts from different authors–each story rather different. The most famous Grail story is in Sir Thomas Malory. Jessie Weston in the Early Modern Period theorized that the Grail Quest happened on the Astral Plane!
My Muse called me to write a greater Quest. The Human Quest we all go through: birth through maturity to the next plane of existence. I wanted this work to be truly collaborative–my words and a visual artist. They and I would collaborate on what this Quest looks like in art form.
It would be truly original. This was not a book in which my poems were illustrated by their pictures. It was as much a visual artist’s book as it was a writer’s book.
I spoke with a small number of visual artists. Some said they’d think about it. Others rejected it outright.
I just realized Tuesday night (last night) that I am in the midst of the project, and it’s going to be all me. I have four new poems recently completed. I have a mine of more already written to draw on. Fate is tumbling me into making my own visual Art for the book, also.
Last summer, I came up with the title:
“A QUEST THROUGH QUESTIONS OF TIME”
These missions are Destiny. It’s not like I can slough of not doing this. Circumstances are and I believe that they will make it manifest.
Currently, we see this as another picture book. Probably Trade Paperback. That will be 3 recent Art books.
ENIGMATIC DR DAVE ENTERPRISES, PRELUDED
I do music, too.
David Fekete 