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writercises2008-07-06 04:20 pm
mbarker.livejournal.com) wrote in writercises2008-07-06 04:20 pm
EXERCISE: A Quote
original posting: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 13:39:30 -0500
Here's an interesting quote:
"Above all we need to be taught more affection for the infirmities of life.... Both artist and lover know that perfection is not lovable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.... This is a common theme in the folk lore of Arabian Nights: where you stumble and fall, the air you find the gold." Joseph Campbell
What are your favorite examples of this notion? Does it hold up, the idea that our infirmities, clumsinesses, and other stumbles and failures are our gold?
What is it about the "come from behind" hero that makes them bigger than life?
Here's an interesting quote:
"Above all we need to be taught more affection for the infirmities of life.... Both artist and lover know that perfection is not lovable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable.... This is a common theme in the folk lore of Arabian Nights: where you stumble and fall, the air you find the gold." Joseph Campbell
What are your favorite examples of this notion? Does it hold up, the idea that our infirmities, clumsinesses, and other stumbles and failures are our gold?
What is it about the "come from behind" hero that makes them bigger than life?