Tag Archives: myth

SpiderInk

Posted on June 8, 2019 by 1sojournal

Posted for Sunday’s Whirligig http://sundayswhirligig.blogspot.com/2019/06/whirligig-217.html Words: kind, bridge, starshine, something, model, except, clay, kill, made, myself, hand, failed SpiderInk Want to make it clear, right here at the beginning. I have never killed anyone. I have done away with some … Continue reading →

Posted in Spider Ink | Tagged experience, myth, Personal Mythology, spontaneous imagery, story, writing, zine | 3 Comments

A Theory

Posted on May 28, 2019 by 1sojournal

What is a theory? I went to the dictionary and found six different definitions, but all of them similar. So, I chose two to use here: A wordy one: “proposed explanation whose status is still conjectural and subject to experimentation, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged equality, hyman myths, matriarchy, myth, patriarchy, speculation, theory | 5 Comments

Something About An Ongoing Affair

Posted on May 14, 2019 by 1sojournal

I write both prose and poetry. When I was in college, we were often warned that a writer must choose the manner in which he/she might explore that skill. We were told that we must choose to write either prose … Continue reading →

Posted in Something About an Ongoing Affair | Tagged Instructors, myth, Poetry, prose, Robert Bly, rules, writing | 3 Comments

Matriarchy and the Matter of Bias

Posted on March 19, 2018 by 1sojournal

“Matriarchy has often been presented as negative, in contrast to Patriarchy as natural and inevitable for society, thus that matriarchy is hopeless. Love and Shanklin wrote: When we hear the word “matriarchy”, we are conditioned to a number of responses: … Continue reading →

Posted in Matriarchy and the Matter of Bias | Tagged behavior, bias, inheritence, learning, matriarchy, matrilineal descent, myth, patriarchy, story | 11 Comments

On Madness and Creativity

Posted on April 7, 2009 by 1sojournal

In response to Claudette’s weekly writing challenge #10: Discernment http://claudetteellinger.wordpress.com/ Much madness is divinest sense to a discerning eye; Much sense, the sharpest madness __Emily Dickinson I found this quote a few days ago. Seeing as Claudette’s weekly writing … Continue reading →

Posted in On Madness and Creativity | Tagged Art with a capital A, Artists, barriers of definitions, Bi-polar Disorder, blocked creative energies, chaotic environment, close relationship, common ground, comparisons, crafts and hobbies, Creativity, eccentric, elite group, Emily Dickinson, focus, global discussion, harvard business. org, healing, hierarchies, High End/Low End, intensity, isolation, Madness, material gain, Mother and Father, myth, natural let down, opted out, outside the norm, public recognition, research, response to writing challenge | 6 Comments

A Crow and His Shadow

Posted on January 27, 2009 by 1sojournal

We all have a shadow. I am not speaking about the physical reality that occurs when we stand in any particular light. I am speaking about the shadow aspects of the human psyche. It is often defined as the … Continue reading →

Posted in A Crow and His Shadow, Choice, Creativity, fear, myth, Native American, Shadow | Tagged black or white, comfort zone, creative energy, Crow, dangerous and damaging, dark side, Dualistic Mindset, freedoms, happy or sad, hidden, human psyche, Journal Writing, layers of gray, legend, myth, Native American origin, paraphrase, pecking, personal choice, points of diversion, pride, rainbow plumage, right or wrong, secretive, Shadow, shadow aspects, spoiling the image, spotlight, sunlight, tolerate, Western Hemisphere, what ifs, whitish or charcoal gray | 2 Comments

Crossing Over

Posted on October 18, 2008 by 1sojournal

Have been doing a lot of surfing on the Net. Exploring what other people are writing and what they are writing about. And, of course, getting sidetracked into my own personal areas of interest. One of those, perhaps the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Growth, Journal Writing, Life, Memory, Myths, Poetry, Self-Awareness, Uncategorized | Tagged altered state, blogs, breaking rules, clarity, communication, cross over, falsehood, myth, Not My Usual Whatever, overwhelming the senses, poetry and prose, reality, rules, sexual deviants, silence, truth, writing | 4 Comments