How an Artist Pursues the Hero’s Journey
Is it a journey of self-discovery…or self-creation?
In a previous piece, I started writing about the concept of the hero’s journey as first developed by Joseph Campbell, and I also started sharing some of my burgeoning thoughts on how I believe one might create and live a hero’s journey today.
As I’ve been further reflecting on this, I’ve been delighted to discover that Steven Pressfield — whose book “The War of Art” on battling inner Resistance has been of immense value to myself and many of my artist friends — has also been exploring the hero’s journey theme.
THE ARTIST’S JOURNEY
Pressfield’s new book, “The Artist’s Journey: The Wake of the Hero’s Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning” is now available for purchase.
And, even more intriguingly to me as an upstart blogger, his own website features a serialized presentation of his writing about the artist’s journey.
I’m especially fascinated by one of the key insights with which he starts the work. In presenting…
