Inspiration - name and explain yours

[Prospero]

What person or book or film or play or poem ... or whatever... has most inspired you in your life. Tell us why?

[Wendy Summers]

What person or book or film or play or poem ... or whatever... has most inspired you in your life. Tell us why?

"The Hero With a Thousand Faces" most inspired me... it made me realize how much the fear of the unknown paralyzes us. It opened my eyes to the wisdom hidden within various mythologies, which in turn has helped me to find strength and courage when I've needed it.

[loveboof]

"The Hero With a Thousand Faces" most inspired me... it made me realize how much the fear of the unknown paralyzes us. It opened my eyes to the wisdom hidden within various mythologies, which in turn has helped me to find strength and courage when I've needed it.

Are you a fan of Jung then too?

[Marts]

Edward De Bono. The father of creative thinking.

Welcome to the original Edward de Bono website. Edward de Bono is regarded by many to be the leading authority in the world in the field of creative thinking and the direct teaching of thinking as a skill. He has written 62 books with translations into 37 languages and has been invited to lecture in 54 countries. He is the originator of lateral thinking which treats creativity as the behaviour of information in a self-organising information system - such as the neural networks in the brain. From such a consideration arise the deliberate and formal tools of lateral thinking, parallel thinking etc.

http://edwdebono.com/

[Wendy Summers]

Are you a fan of Jung then too?

Not as much...

I'm more into the mythology than the psychology:

Mircea Eliade is my other big comparative mythology hard-on.

[Prospero]

The Masks of God - also by Joseph Campbell - is also very good.

[loveboof]

Not as much...

I'm more into the mythology than the psychology:

But the reason those myths resonate on such a universal level is explained through Jungean architypes and typology. Joseph Campbell was actually massively influenced by Jung...

[ed_jaxon]

I almost hate to admit that very commercial things I have found inspiring beyond the quick boost.

The movie Rudy invariably pushes me to keep going when others are doubting.

The poem Invictus has always had a special meaning for me as well as Kiplings If.

[loveboof]

What person or book or film or play or poem ... or whatever... has most inspired you in your life. Tell us why?

I wouldn't say this is the most inspiring thing in my life, but I really loved this lecture from Charlie Kaufman. I saw it on Sky Arts and it is definitely better if you can actually see him, but the whole thing isn't on YouTube so here's a podcast from soundcloud...

http://soundcloud.com/bafta/charlie-...riting-lecture

It's about so much more than screenwriting, so if you have the time give it a listen

[Wendy Summers]

But the reason those myths resonate on such a universal level is explained through Jungean architypes and typology. Joseph Campbell was actually massively influenced by Jung...

Oh absolutely he was -- his work is full of both direct and indirect references to Jung and his work. Jung's writings just never "sang" for me in the same way.