I love essence...
This map is unfinished, and I'm not sure why. I think I don't know what to do next. It's not my first map, but it is my best, and I decided it's time to post it here for all you critics.
*still doesn't like the syntax*
Christiana
{Body [hair (color <sunbeams>
.........................<light reflected on the water>)
.........[eyes (color <cloudless sky>
..........................<a still lake>)
..................(depth <midnight>)
.........[smile (brightness <light glinting off a mirror>
..................(suddenness <a ray in a prison cell>
...................................<the sun coming out from behind a cloud>
{Soul [youth (a sapling tree)
........[complexity (a many-colored tapestry)
........................(weaving)
........[laughter (sound <chapel bells>
...............................<bird song>
...............................<running brook>
{Spirit [Freedom (flying <an eagle far above the ground>
................................<a dove above a castle spire>)
..........[Purity (innocence <white-petaled flower>
...................................<a wild thing seeing humans for the first time>)
...................(untouched <unpicked morning glories>
...................................<a beach with no footprints>)
..........[Love (simplicity <child running out to her father>
.................................<a hound dog>
...................(fierceness <a mother hen>)
...................(loyalty <a river on course>
..................................<birds flying north>
...................................<sunrise>
..........[Desire (intensity <a prisoner waiting for release>
..................................<a seed waiting for sunlight>
..................................<a desert wanting for rain>
