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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (27700)	1/5/1999 10:37:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 108807

You make absolute sense to me! I was the one rambling--only because all the books I've been reading suddenly fit together and it was so COOL that I wanted to write it down. Our need for myths, for universal themes, really fascinates me. And as I read more and more about women and writing, I begin to see that we have travelled a very different creative path. Del also said something about how he would rather the new mythologies be based on scientific fact (I might be misquoting)--and it started me wondering if that were possible. Or are myths by definition attempts to explain the unknown? Now you could have myths maybe clothed in more modern terms (as the Quest theme was in Star Wars) that would be more accessible and not seem outdated, but would still have all the common themes. And I'm so glad you mentioned the woman as womb thing. The fertility goddess is on the most basic rung of mythmaking and springs right from patriarchal culture. Kinda like being allowed to make the coffee for the big business meeting and then having to leave the room. Or maybe being allowed to sit in the corner and take notes.