They re saints not because of what they did, especially, but because in the telling of it what they did became transparent, and your own life could be seen through it, illuminated. Rush s dream of becoming a latter day saint and his bond with Once a Day, a mysterious runaway, lead him away from Little Belaire to travel Road seeking wisdom. In Engine Summer Crowley explores two diametrically opposed modes of being, yin and yang on the utopian philosophy continuum. The people of Little Belaire epitomize community. They define themselves by their connections - with each other, with their home warren, and with their history.
Ancestry is as significant as personality in describing individuals.
Truthful speaking, which fosters openness, clarity, and understanding between Little Belaire-ites, ensures that the community s connections and thus communion flourish. They live exclusively in the moment, deliberately detaching themselves from connections with others, with the past , and with memory of any kind. Once a Day asks Rush. Life as a web of connections versus life as a continual experience of the here and now - immediacy is bliss versus the unconnected life isn t worth living. Rush that Speaks relates his experiences in Little Belaire, and as a visiting fish out of water with Dr Boot s List, and through them Crowley invites the reader to consider where lies the key to happiness.