1. The fear of happiness is one of those fears that can make my eyes roll. Come on. Really? Being afraid of feeling happy? And yet, a curious thing has happened. It started with my pregnancy, with my staying still and settling down. When times are tough (e.g. when I’m fighting with my husband [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Mythology’
A Phobia of Platitude
Posted in The Essays, tagged jose saramago, literary dread, literature, Mythology, Psychology, self help, the double, writing on November 11, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The Crocheting Grandmother and the Savior of the World
Posted in The Essays, tagged art, Creativity, crochet, disney, earthquakes, Easter, economy, italy, Joseph Campbell, Mythology, writing on April 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The destruction-renewal tableau is both vast and ancient. Dating thousands (and thousands) of years before Christ, gods and goddesses alike have enacted (and reenacted) the life-death-rebirth drama. The Egyptian God Osiris, the Greek Dionysis, the Semetic Adonis, Akkadian Ishtar and Aztek Quetzalcoatl are just a handful of deities sharing the journey to and from the [...]
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