"Innocence and vulnerability"! describes the life what each of us faces.
"A close re-reading of The Diary undertaken for this essay reminded me of the critical ways in which fiction and poetry inform my theology..."  "...to light up the least grain of being, to show how it is concretely individual, particularized from any other." 
It was turmoil of consciousness and conscience that ultimately prodded the decision from me after 11 years in the Seminary to face the world as a failed person.
Now nearly 60 years later, i'm reconciled with my conscience and with my life.
The author's words above "reminded me of the critical ways...poetry inform my theology". In trying to write my reconciliation of theology with contemporary reality, i faced a wall that was daunting, way beyond my puny competence.
Little by little small, resonant thoughts arose in my mind, not largely significant in the face of the enormity of my quest. Today, they describe the 'Poetree Worldview of Trimorphic Resonance'