Landscape Version: Impressionistic Narrative

I got a lot of excellent commentary on the Impressionistic Narrative design yesterday, some on the blog and some via e-mails. Last night my subconscious mind took all that commentary and turned it into a "poof" idea that popped into my head as I was trying to drift off to sleep.

See below. Click for full view

The problems that I had before in landscape mode are solved. I was so focused on having the text flow down the page that I failed to see the opportunity to go horizontal instead. It is the direction of the words, after all. This ain't hebrew.

So what do you think?

I think it has better aesthetics organized this way, but I can't quite put my finger on why.