Response

Kenny:

Interesting reflection. I'm interested in reading that story. Flannery is awesome. (and thanks for the Walker video, I didn't picture him looking like that.)

A brief response (just my thoughts, nothing coherent or organized, just off the top of my head):

What also comes to mind also is the gospel that "you can't serve two masters. You can't serve both God and Mammon". There is definitely a division that exists within many (most?) humans. I would like to read more about that novel to see how its portrayed in that character, but I find that if we are divided eventually it leads to unbearable conflict (as least in my experience it did).

It's relevant to mention, in response to the "many has many wills competing" (very intersting) statement from Flannery. We have within us:
The Spirit of God (union, communion, unity, patience, peace, joy, gentlessness, humility, Maine)
The Spirit of the World (riches, pride, fame, wealth)
The SPirit of the Flesh (lust, gluttony, exessive comfort, promiscuity)
The Spirit of the Enemy (accusation, fear, division, terror, rage, )

These spirits are always at a conflict. Sometimes there can be blends of some. The desires of the world aren't always totally bad (desire for a few days relaxing on the beach?) but that's where discernment comes in I guess.

I agree: prayer, art, literature definitely transforms consiousness (even sub/unconsiousness- I often have dreams where I intentionally turn away from a temptatino as I would if I was awake- which is a result of prayer). It affects those things you mentioned (spontaneity).

I think transforming grace is always propelling us toward completion. Completion of what we were created for. More on this later.