The Hero’s Journey interests me partly because it is a dramatic structure. As I spend more time delving into it I see that it is also a metaphor for my own life’s journey. But, if it is a map of the journey, where exactly am I? I see indications are that I have been at […]
Imagination is mediated by, arises out of, and/or is informed by the psyche. It is difficult to separate imagination, creativity, and the psyche. In fact, C. G. Jung stated that psyche is image. In her book, “The Artist’s Way,” Julia Cameron reminds the creative person (who is all of us) to nurture the imagination; tend it; give it […]
We are in a season where many people decorate trees; inside and outside; evergreen and deciduous. I suspect the goddess of beauty, Aphrodite, would approve of this ornamentation of trees and how it brings a unique form of beauty into our homes. Trees also have a way of opening a doorway into wonderment. For example, in the […]