Visit the Darkness

Creative work becomes unpredictable with its own surpises. It teaches us what we did not know and pushes our unfolding.

Once having traversed the threshold, the artist moves in a dream landscape of curiosity, where fluid, ambiguous forms arise. 

He or she must survive a succession of trials.

Joseph Campbell described the artist as a hero. He meant the person of myth who embarks on a journey of discovery — including self-discovery. A hero is the mythological figure who risks in the pursuit of a full life.

Campbell wrote:

You enter the forest
at the darkest point,
where there is no path.
Where there is a way or path,
it is someone else's path.
You are not on your own path.
If you follow someone else's way,
you are not going to realize
your potential.
    - from A Joseph Campbell Companion



Visit the darkness, channels, and textures of the unexplored mind.  Avoid trails previously taken. 

Move within discomfort to seek something entirely new and refreshing. Sparkle and revel in discovery. 

Write with curiosity and courage.