Only birth can conquer death — the birth , not of the old thing again, but of something new . - Joseph Campbell

Myth must be kept alive. The people who can keep it alive are the artists of one kind or another. The function of the artist is the mythologization of the environment and the world.

Is the system going to flatten you out and deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes?

The creative act is not hanging on, but yielding to a new creative movement. Awe is what moves us forward.