Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer

“In A Mapmaker's Dream, Fra Mauro decides the search for the ultimate map ends with the individual. “Wise men contemplate the world,” he thinks, “knowing full well that they are contemplating themselves.” It may be folly to imagine anything more universal, more objective, more true. Each of us stands at one unique spot in the universe, at one moment in the expanse of time, holding a blank sheet of paper. This is where we begin.”