the hero's journey sometimes gets formulated as "you must go into the unknown, & bring something back"
I think there's a second, overlooked way: "you must go into the unknown - & bring others with you."
some people never 'come back' - they discover somewhere new & stay there
Rudra Dakinix.comthe hero's journey sometimes gets formulated as "you must go into the unknown, & bring something back" I think there's a second, overlooked way: "you must go into the unknown - & bring others with you." some people never 'come back' - they discover somewhere new & stay there
“The journey is not a straight line but a completed circle. The real destination is your own front door.”
The Rabbit Hole 🕳🐇 issue no.47
“Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”
-Terry Pratchett

afaict, something like 73% of the people who have Gone On The Journey actually did something like this
the shape of it: you know that the Journey tends to end back where you began, and you're already afraid to get too disconnected from where you began anyways...
so you go on a big of the... See more