I have always considered imaginative truth to be more profound, more loaded with significance, than every day reality.. Everything we dream about, and by that I mean everything we desire, is true (the myth of Icarus came before aviation, and if Ader or Bleriot started flying it is because all men have dreamed of flight). There is nothing truer than myth.. Reality does not have to be: it is simply what is. .Anonymous
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Myth is the greatest tool for understanding and expressing human truth and emotions. Every major religion and culture has myth as a primary form of communication. We all believe in the power of myth because we have experienced its effect. Even those who don’t believe in myth generally acknowledge that something has happened that they can’t explain.
Myth is our driving force. It is what inspires us to be better, to be stronger, to be more resilient. Myth should not be dismissed as mere fiction or a waste of time.
It is a powerful tool for understanding ourselves and the world around us, a way to express our truths, a way to ground our ideas so they don’t flutter away with the wind.
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