Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Absence is Content

"Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there. Myth is nourished by silence as well as by words."

~ Calvino, Italo

"Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths."

~ Campbell, Joseph

"A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes."

~ Feibleman, James


"It is a myth, not a mandate, a fable not a logic, and symbol rather than a reason by which men are moved."

~ Edman, Irwin


"It is a sure sign that a culture has reached a dead end when it is no longer intrigued by its myths."

~ Marcus, Greil

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