Melinda - stuff from class

9/21/10
We finished myth stories from about 6 people.

Vocabulary:
hetrocosm (not sure I spelled that right) = into another world
myth or mythos = story or stories

Line from Wallace Stevens - did not get it all down, announcers spoke to fast...I will look it up and get it
into my next blog or see Kari's blog for details.

"absent of notes creates engagement" mkp (memory)

memory and dreams:
axis mundi = exact center of the world or navel (upper/lower/center)
omphalos = center of the world
trees are a symbol of axis mundi
c.g.jung :)
jung's "house" dream
collective unconcious
super ego, ego, id
id is the personal unconcious
collective unconcious through dreams

helpful in myth - Think in forms of images.  Tell the myth in images, not with explanation.

back then before the fall = womb

books referred:
razor's edge
room

http://p.rhap.com/Tra.2043878   (hold the control key and hit enter to go to link)

here is the link to In My Room  (upstairs at Eric's) from YAZ from the 80's.  When Mr. Sexson memtioned the book Room, I immediately thought of this song.

click on view content, then it should start playing.