Finally got my pumpkins up for this year: you can find them here. I got started really late this year so I’ve only got 2 pumpkins, but I think they turned out well. And more Batman because you can never have too much Batman.
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Now in Technicolor!
A dear friend and I have started a YouTube channel! Our channel is called Knights of the Reel and it’s a video essay channel centring on film. There will be other stuff like mythology thrown in as well, in fact the first video is a full overview of the hero’s journey using The Matrix as… Continue Reading
2017 Pumpkins!
I’ve posted the pictures of this year’s pumpkins and added the new stencil. Hope you all had a great Hallowe’en! Continue Reading
New Film Article
I have posted a new film article, about David Fincher’s Fight Club. It’s now up in the Film section. Continue Reading
The Great Pumpkin
Hoping you all had a great Hallowe’en! I’ve uploaded my 2016 pumpkins into the Pumpkins section. I’ve also uploaded my custom stencil from this year in the Stencils section, so you can download it and try it for yourself next year 🙂 Continue Reading
Mythology and the Psyche Series
Continuing my posts about Joseph Campbell and the hero’s journey, starting today I’m beginning a series about the role of the psyche in mythology. This is, for me, the missing element that separates stories who use the hero’s journey simply as a plot outline, and mythology (for the gap between the two is often as… Continue Reading
Happy Hallowe’en
With Hallowe’en over for another year, I have posted my carving pictures in the Pumpkins section. This year’s themes were The Nightmare Before Christmas, and in honour of the release of Spectre, James Bond. Since I’ve felt pretty overwhelmed the past few years, I chose to carve only three pumpkins this year, but I’m very… Continue Reading
Pumpkin Time!
So I haven’t posted super recently because I’m busy carving my pumpkins for Hallowe’en. I’ll be sure to post pictures and stencils on Monday! Happy Hallowe’en and Happy Carving 🙂 Continue Reading
The Cosmogonic Cycle
For the next few weeks my series on the hero’s journey will focus on the cosmogonic cycle that Joseph Campbell describes in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. This part of his book is often overlooked in discussions of the hero’s journey, but I think it’s absolutely essential to understanding the hero’s journey… Continue Reading
The Hero’s Journey Series
Today’s post about Joseph Campbell and the hero’s journey will be the first of an extensive series. This first post will cover why writer’s should, and shouldn’t, read Campbell’s work as a guide for their writing. Some of the topics of future posts will cover the psychological model for creating characters, each stage of the… Continue Reading