The Room, The Cup and The Book
Space can create experience.
Necessity can inspire adventure.
Consistency can forge purpose.
The Room, The Cup and The Book is a visionary fiction novel that is best described as The Alchemist meets The Little Prince. A three-part story, it examines the experiences we have in the moments when the noise around us has quieted, as we make the choice to embark on the unknown journey, and bravely search for meaning in the least likely of places.
Summary
Encountering three items — an empty room, an old cup and a blank book — the protagonist is lead by each along a journey beginning with himself and expanding into the greater world around him.
The Room
Space can create experience.
What would you do if you were given an empty room and told to fill it? That is the question at the heart of The Room.
The protagonist is first given an empty room and told to fill it, however in doing so he accidentally becomes locked inside. Faced with the fear and isolation of being trapped in a dark and cramped space, he must find a way to survive until he can be rescued. Yet as he is forced to spend time in the room and away from the distractions of the outside, he must come to terms with his understanding and preconceived beliefs about both the world he lives in and the one within himself.
The Cup
Necessity can inspire adventure.
In The Cup, the protagonist finds an old cup among his belongings, reminding him of the freedom he once had in life that is now missing. Increasingly dissatisfied with his sedentary lifestyle and driven by a desire for a new version of life, he embarks on an adventure of travel and discovery.
Guided in part by the cup and its requirement to be filled, he travels to places where his experiences add to his understanding of what it means to choose the life we want and what it takes to create it. Encountering guides who offer lessons along the way, he faces the joys and hardships of the journey — one which leads him to discover that what one desires most is often found where we least expect it.
The Book
Consistency can forge purpose.
In The Book, the protagonist acquires a blank book. He begins to write in it, filling the pages with the words within himself, an act that quickly becomes a meaningful part of his daily life. He discovers an overlapping sense of purpose to his writing when a friend convinces him to volunteer in his local community.
However, as his life becomes busier and he encounters a severe case of writer’s block, the protagonist decides to give up writing, not realizing it will set him adrift from who he has become. Yet when unforeseen changes occur in his life, he must re-examine what truly matters and figure out how he can move forward with the purpose he has found in both his writing and the community in which he lives.
Through each part of the The Room, The Cup and The Book, the protagonist faces the hardships of the hero’s journey, both physical and internal, as he strives to understand what makes him who he is, what it means to live his own version of life, and how meaning and purpose may be found wherever we look.