The myth and its accompanying rituals were a reminder that often things had to get worse before they could get better, and that survival and creativity required a dedicated struggle.*
Karen Armstrong
Rituals are essentially behavioural training …**
Edward Slingerland
The best rituals
are honed in struggle
and lead to
possibility–
From need to intrigue–
My life is full of them.
The suspense is terrible.
I hope it will last.^
*Karen Armstrong’s A Short History of Myth;
**Edward Slingerland’s Trying Not To Try;
^Oscar Wilde, from Lisa Cron’s Story Or Die.
THIN|SILENCE 