The Way of Art by Joseph Campbell. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://thesithlibrary.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/the-way-of-art-by-joseph-campbell/ “There is an important distinction to be made between art as therapy and art as art.” “No, a myth isn’t a lie,” and then I gave him my definition. I said, “It’s an organization of symbolic forms, images and narratives that are metaphoric of…...
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The power of myth – quotes
Quotes from Campbell, J., & Moyers, B. (2011). The Power of Myth. Anchor. Myth in the modern world When the story is in your mind, then you see its relevance to something happening in your life. It gives you perspective on what’s happening to you. page 2 It is the imperfections of life that are lovable.…...
Technology Quotes
I use technologies all the time and so do the member of my family. I happened to be on vacation last week with my family and I had the opportunity to discuss the topics with them. The image that received the most attention was that of technology as a dragon. In The Earth Has a…...
Trickster Quotes
Oscar Wilde’s phrase “…Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art” means something to me. It means that at the heart of art is a paradox or contradiction because it is and it is not what it appears to be. In art there are multiple ways of looking at an object/subject…...
Heroine Archetype Quotes
Archetypes “Women’s mythology is all about cycling from larger to smaller, pregnancy to slimness, waxing mother to waning crone.” – p 173 “Once, the whole Goddess reflected the entire spectrum: kindly and terrible, as the awesome Mother Earth. However, the conquering patriarchy split her into three aspects.” p 174 “Antonia Wolf, longtime mistress of Carl…...
Honoring Aphrodite
Where ever Aphrodite is honored, there is room for laughter and games, for sweetness and for peace. P 33 Athena, Zeus or Apollo may teach us how to concentrate energy for combat, competition, or specialization. But Aphrodite will teach the flowering of energy. P15 Aphrodite’s gift of beauty surpasses that which simply pleases the eye; it…...
Taste for Chaos: The Art of Literary Improvisation (quotes)
Fertel, R. (2015). Taste for Chaos: The Art of Literary Improvisation. Spring Journal Books. Note: Speech to text dictation see book for accuracy Part I Methodological Groundwork Both gestures – thoughtful and thoughtless – authorized and validate: value my idea because I work part in creating it; or, tell you my idea precisely because I haven’t…...
The French impressionist collaborative circle – quotes (chapter 2)
Note: speech to text dictation see book for accuracy. Farrell, M. P. (2003). Collaborative Circles: Friendship Dynamics and Creative Work. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapter 2, The life course of a collaborative circle: the French impressionist When the young impressionists arrived in Paris in the early 1860s, they were confronted with three major cultural…...
Group Genius (quotes)
Sawyer, K. (2008). Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration. Basic Books. (Text to speech dictating/ refer to actual text for accuracy) Part one: the collaborative team The power of collaboration The loan genius is a myth; instead, it’s group genius that generates breakthrough innovation. Collaboration derives creativity because innovation always emerges from a series…...
real vs imaginary
I like to draw and to paint and that means I look to see real and also imaginary things. The journey in my relationship to this aspect, how I feel about art, in my life has changed over the years. Classes at Pacifica are adding new concepts and ways of thinking that expand, enliven and add…...