River: On the path

[mdlbear]

Yet another piece of the Rose Garden puzzle dropped into place this afternoon: I now know how I Never Promised You a Rose Garden made a journey into the unknown go from frightening to familiar.

It made it into a Quest. A fantasy journey.

I know this story. I love it, in all the hundreds of variations that I've read. Sure, the scenery is unfamiliar. You expect that in a fantasy. Sure, it's going to be tough going and scary at times. You expect that in a quest.

I may not have ever been on this journey before, but now I know what story I'm in.

Comments

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

It's reassuring to know the shape of your story, I guess. Good luck on your quest!

[mdlbear]

It is, at least for me. Thanks!

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's a wonderful way to look at it!

[mdlbear]

Thanks! It only took me almost a week to figure out. That seems to be typical for me with this kind of thing.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

It has never even occurred to me to try to make sense of life events by seeing if they fit into an archetypal Story. I need to think about this some more... but first I think I'm going to need to re-read Jung...

[mdlbear]

Hadn't occurred to me until just now, despite a life-long interest in mythology.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

Shitfire, I'm a trained Priestess (in somewhere between two and five traditions, depending on how they're defined), and I have a BA in literature, and it didn't occur to me until you mentioned it.