I’m still building out Clara’s world: framing, context, characters, throughlines, homages, scientific & literary references, phrases & terms. And sketching out scenes (sort of story boarding).

Gemini chats are helpful (sort of workshopping).

Much of this background (like a story in itself) will be part of appendices.

To have agency in the world, ceremonies should be reciprocal co-creations, organic in nature, in which the community creates ceremony and the ceremony creates communities.
— Robin Wall Kimmerer, “Burning Cascade Head,” Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants (2013)

Here’s a chat session about throughlines and characters, plus a touch of seasoning.