Myth in the Age of the Anthropocene

You're receiving this email because you are a DailyGood subscriber. Trouble Viewing? On a mobile? Just click here. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe.

March 20, 2023 a project of ServiceSpace 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. - Italo Calvino - Myth in the Age of the Anthropocene "Is it naive to say that the world as we know it wont end if we keep telling stories? Maybe not, if we reconsider the kinds of stories we tell. Ancient stories, myths, old talesthese kinds of stories hold something powerful. Call it bone memory, call it the deep, primordial part of ourselves, call it the voice that gossips with the wild, across species and across time. If we listen, we hear it calling. If we listen, we find ourselves deep in the forest, where a large white bear holds something we all desire. What journey lies ahead if we follow our deepest longing?" { read more } Be The Change For more inspiration, check out, "Stories to Tend the Soul of the World," an in-depth interview with Sharon Blackie. { more } COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Keys to Aging Well Seven Lessons Learned from Leaves Peace Is Every Step: Thich Nhat Hanh's 95 Year Earthwalk Consciousness as the Ground of Being The Egg: A Short Story By Andy Weir Death Doulas Provide End of Life Aid Six Habits of Hope When the Earth Started to Sing DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 158,821 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More