DAILY MUSE | Tomorrow will be the fourth anniversary of the War in Iraq. I’m taking a slight detour around my normal creativity fare today to suggest listening to this short, sobering discussion of U.S. goals in Iraq, how they have shifted through the years, where we are now and where we are going. I can only hope that our administration and country will sober up from our war binge– and that somehow, someway, some good can come out of all this– eventually.
DAILY MUSE | One of my favorite programs ever has been the multi-episode interview Bill Moyers conducted with mythologist Joseph Campbell entitled “The Power of Myth“. Wikipedia summarizes: “The interviews were filmed at George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch during the final two summers of Campbell’s life (the series was broadcast on television a year after his death). In these discussions, Campbell presents his ideas about comparative mythology and the ongoing role of myth in human society. These talks include excerpts from Campbell’s seminal work The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” To that I’ll add that I believe it’s one of the most important television programs ever made.
The series is six episodes and well worth a watch at sometime in your life. Thanks to Bill Moyers and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for bringing this wonderfully illuminating series and book to us.
Part 1: The Hero’s Adventure
Part 2: The Message of the Myth
Part 3: The First Storytellers
Part 4: Sacrifice and Bliss
Part 5: Love and the Goddess
Part 6: Mask of Eternity (I cannot find this episode, only the first five. If anyone comes across it please pass on the link so I can update this post. Thanks.)
Here is a follow-up interview that Bill Moyers had with George Lucas years after Campbell’s death.
