King's opus is his Gunslinger series, written over the course of nearly 40 years. In it, the protagonist Roland (yes the namesake of our dog), subscribes to a philosophy called "ka". It's kind of a fate/destiny mixed with a chi/the force thing.
Throughout the Gunslinger saga, Roland frequently refers to ka as a wheel. This tends to be used when King reintroduces a character or theme from earlier in the series. I don't personally believe in any predestined or somehow guided existence, but it's used effectively as a plot tool by arguably the most talented author of our time.
This idea that ka, or life, is a wheel occurred to me when I was reading "What Floats" to Wyatt the other day and Owen jumped in bed to listen:
While I don't believe in fate or destiny, I do believe that life has patterns and refrains of those patterns have a way of revisiting you at unexpected times. It could be that's what King was trying to get through in his numerous repetitions that life is a wheel.
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I clicked on the reference to What Floats . . . and what a nice surprise! Not only the very cool post, but the pictures that incuded the blanket I made him. The post was a nice surprise and made my day again! I think Wyatt is going to become a very early reader, too, he'll have to learn fast, tho. Owen looks pretty young in those pictures :0) Love this, Grandma Bug
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