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    For Maurice Sendak ~ Growing up I never related to Sendak’s books. I always had a sense when reading his work that I was running through the minefield of his mind, his life, and my own childhood was horrific enough to not require further burdens. Yet, there is an inescapable terror in his work, just as there is in the best fairy tales, that speaks to the  initiatory capacity and experience of childhood. There is a true genius to Sendak’s work, and most of all a uniqueness and artistry that in his passing leave a tremendously felt void.   I like this picture of Sendak because he’s smiling and seems truly happy, an emotion I didn’t feel from his books or interviews very often.

    For Maurice Sendak ~

    Growing up I never related to Sendak’s books. I always had a sense when reading his work that I was running through the minefield of his mind, his life, and my own childhood was horrific enough to not require further burdens. Yet, there is an inescapable terror in his work, just as there is in the best fairy tales, that speaks to the  initiatory capacity and experience of childhood. There is a true genius to Sendak’s work, and most of all a uniqueness and artistry that in his passing leave a tremendously felt void.  

    I like this picture of Sendak because he’s smiling and seems truly happy, an emotion I didn’t feel from his books or interviews very often.

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Story paves the golden path towards the door to mystery,
the invisible yet tangible threshold bridging the secular to the sacred.
Sharing a vast and magical universe
that continually offers gifts and blessings, both ecstatic and sublime,
story soothes, salves, and inspires - it nourishes who we are.

Paula J. Vaughan, M.H.



Sharing Story
emergent writing and philosophical exploration for gifted learners

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Invaluable Story Sites

American Folklore
American Folklore Society
Encyclopedia Mythica
Endicott Studio of Mythic Arts
Folkstreams.net
Joseph Campbell Foundation
National Geographic
SurLaLune Fairy Tales



Gorgeous Web Visits

my vintage book collection (in blog form)
Jackie Morris - Artist
Knitting the Wind
Midori Snyder - In the Labyrinth



About Paula J. Vaughan

I am a mythologist, professor, writer, poet, student advocate, wife, mother, and homeschooling parent. I have a passionate interest in the relationship between story and culture, and the manner in which the heroic for women and men is expressed through each. My blog includes my love of story, beauty, children's picture books, art, and world cultures.

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