3 and 3 Meme

[qos]

originally via mam_adar and oakmouse

1) Comment and ask to be tagged!
2) I will pick THREE of your interests and/or user pics I find odd or nifty!
3) You post, explaining in detail about the three I chose!
4) People comment on your post!

For oakmouse

9 Chickweed Lane is the name of a comic strip drawn by Brooke McEldowney. I fell in love with it years ago because two of the principle characters resonated strongly with me. Edda, the highly-intelligent teenager whose best friend was a geeky boy named Amos, could have been me in high school (if I had been a ballet dancer!), and her mother Juliette, a divorced college professor was very much like the woman I was becoming. Both Edda and Juliette have rich fantasy lives as their alter-egos Superlative Girl and Panther Woman. "9 Chickweed Lane" was the address of the home where Edda and Juliette lived with Gran, Juliette's mother. After years of Peanuts-like stability, McEldowney decided to let his characters grow up. Edda and her now-boyfriend Amos now live in NY where he attends Julliard playing the cello and she dances in the Metropolitan Ballet and shares an apartment with her gay dancing partner.

Hero's Journey refers to the archetypal motif in which a young person leaves his or her home, goes "into the woods" and has an adventure which causes them to discover their own wits, courage, or other heroic virtues, and then returns home to share the gifts of the quest with those back in the community. I am interested in archetypes in general, and the hero's journey is one which plays out in many, many stories throughout the world. It's also a good reminder that to truly be a hero, it's not enough to go out and have adventures; you have to return home and share the rewards.

The Underworld oakmouse asked which underworld this was: shamanic or faery. My primary association is with The Descent of Inanna to the Underworld from Sumerian myth (see icon with this post). Recently, via a spontaneous scene with uncrowned_king, I've been exploring the myth of Hades and Persephone which also, of course, involves the Underworld.

She didn't select any icons.

Comments

[iswari.livejournal.com]

I've always wondered why archetypes are so meaningful for you.

But perhaps that's another post! ;-)

[qos.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure there's a good "why" to it. They just make sense to me. The book Goddesses in Everywoman is what turned me on to the subject, and I discovered tarot about the same time I read it, which is also based on archetypes.

Perhaps its because I'm a storyteller, and archetypes are story figures or story elements, and I can interact with them, explore their meaning in different contexts through world-wide folklore, legends, and literature, and through my own stories.

Does that make sense at all? I've never tried to explain it before.

[iswari.livejournal.com]

It does. I suppose I just wrestle with this question for myself (and your posts sometimes remind me) of...on the one hand, archetypes and stories feeling very relevant and meaningful...and on the other hand...getting too caught up in them in a way that is maybe distracting me from some deeper truth and reality (no reflection or judgment on you, just where I am on my own path).

Does that make sense? I've never tried to explain that before, myself. ;-)

[blessed-harlot.livejournal.com]

Oooo, I love Inanna in the Underworld! What a magnificent story. Moving through the gates and stripping everything away strikes such a deep chord with me.

3/3 for me, please.

[a-belletrist.livejournal.com]

These are interesting to read about, as are the other six in the next post. I've heard about some of these topics and how they interweave in your life, but I always find out something new about you as the subjects are broached again. :)

I'll take three as well, if you please!

[rocket-jockey.livejournal.com]

I'm game, if you are.

[oakmouse]

I'm finally back and catching up, so ... thanks! I love 9CWL myself. Having grown up Catholic, I resonate with a lot of the material in it, and I love McEldowny's sense of humor. I also think Solange is the coolest cartoon cat EVER.

Of course I should have thought of Inanna's underworld. Duh! *g*

I finally chose three icons, which being late you can answer or not as circs dictate. They are: daimon hand, wendy yes, and white horse.