Perhaps it was just a coincidence with all of the other potentially traumatic events going on in my life at the time, but I've always blamed Ulysses as the reas

Perhaps it was just a coincidence with all of the other potentially traumatic events going on in my life at the time, but I've always blamed Ulysses as the reason I lost my ability to write and comprehend creative text. Trying to decipher all of convoluted thoughts, cryptic language (despite being raised by a speaker of hiberno-english) and allusions to Greek mythology and other literary works of art simply made me feel my ability to read and write was suddenly compromised. Of course reading Homer at the same time didn't exactly make things easier. I fantasize that one day I'll be somehow able to pick up another copy, understand and enjoy it, and suddenly have all that I perceive as lost to somehow make a miraculous return.