Popularized by Joseph Campbell in “The Hero with a Thousand Faces“, the concept of the Hero’s Journey or Monomyth suggests a hidden structure to the obstacles that every hero must face. Out of curiosity, how well does Barack Obama fare?
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Discovery and creation
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What is the business of artists? Are we brilliant creators, fashioning the world into our own mad fantasies or are we discoverers, research scientists of pre-existing aesthetic patterns? And what does this have to do with the Wizard of Oz?