Care Bears, Twinsen's Odyssey, and the rat under the house
How I used stories and bodywork to solve the crime of the century
stories
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THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE is unique among Disney films
The toymaker father is the "good" one, the one Olivia prefers to identify as her father, but in this story, he's the aspect that's gone missing.
The Man Behind the Curtain and the Nome King
living things > stone
Why I think GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES belongs in the fantasy genre
When I looked at this story, it changed my understanding of the nature of fiction and it changed my values around the writing of fiction and fantasy.
Looking for the inner King
Positive examples that have helped me ferret out a sense of my own masculine.
What I learned about Rhinemaidens (and why I didn't want to be one)
neither a dwarf nor a Rhinemaiden be
On Hair
Making connections between stories and the body.
On ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS and THE CALL OF THE WILD
“As I lay there, I wondered what would happen to me if I went against the law of our tribe which forbade the making of weapons by women — if I did not think of it at all and made those things which I must have to protect myself.”
MACBETH, BAREFOOT GEN, and the Inner Dynamics of War
Shakespeare, Keiji Nakazawa, and Marion Woodman independently illustrate that unlike Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, the true King and Queen are always on the side of life.