Category Archives: Mythology
Show, Don’t Tell: Advice Not Just for Storytelling
More than a year ago, I wrote a post “Modern Myths: The Active Audience, Imagination, and Why I Love Fanvids”. There, I explained a bit about why I enjoy watching fan made music videos and the art that goes into … Continue reading
Posted in Identity, Music, Mythology
Tagged "Take Me to Church", 2015, artistic expression, mashups, multifandoms, Pteryx, reflection, show don't tell
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Mars Chastises Cupid
People have not been, historically, completely repressed. The more I learn of human history, the less I believe in the “good old days”. That’s not to say it was all bad! Actually, the best parts of humanity seemed to be … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fantasy, Mythology
Tagged Art Institute of Chicago, BDSM, Chicago Art Institue, erotic art, homoerotic, Mars, Mars Chastising cupid
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The Wolves of Midwinter by Anne Rice: Christmas, Yuletide, Pagans and Respect
There are writers I enjoy and then there are writers that draw me into a world that feel more real than my own and speak to things that I struggle to express. Anne Rice is one of the latter. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Mythology
Tagged Anne Rice, Christmas, pagan roots in Christianity, paganism, werewolves, Yuletide
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Modern Myths: The Active Audience, Imagination and Why I Love Fanvids
Stories are alive. As long as they are read, watched, discussed, they live on in the hearts and souls of every one they have touched. Th author has little control once the tale has flown from their fingers, it grows, … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Mythology
Tagged Doctor Who, fanfiction, Fanvids, Lord of the Rings, modern myths, Pteryx Videos, Sherlock Holms BBC, show don't tell, story telling, The Doctor, touch
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Mystery and Wonder
Mystery and wonder are two things that brings me back again and against to fantasy. I’m not talking crime novel type mystery but that sense of amazing and seeing without fully comprehending that happens when you stand at the top … Continue reading
Debt or Chains?
More than any other genre, epic fantasy owes a debt to the past. From Star Wars to Harry Potter, the major brands of fantasy have their own version of the orthodox struggle of good and evil, often portrayed as the … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fantasy, Mythology, Religion, Speculative
Tagged A Knight's Tale, Fantasy, gnosticism, Hagia Sofia, Reims Cathedral, speculative fiction
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Globalizing the Fantasy Genre
Some of the best story telling in fantasy today is coming out of Japan, using the visual medium. Even my parents understand that anime and manga exists and is here to stay, although vampire manga chibis under my sister’s bed … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Mythology
Tagged American, anime, anime and manga, Apple Seed, baka, Cowboy Bebop, Fantasy, Japanese, Miyazaki, One Piece, Ranma 1/2
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Fantasy: The oldest Genre Around
I’ve been writing about fantasy a lot lately. There’s a reason. I keep running into it and I can’t get enough of it. Fantasy is for everyone. No matter where you are in your life, what you do in your … Continue reading
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