by Nicholas Kotar | Oct 19, 2020 | Articles, Folk Stories & Traditions, Novels, Theory
Everyone’s talking about it. Doubtless you’ve heard.. This pandemic we’re going through… might be the best thing that has happened to us. Now, hear me out. People as respected as Michael Hyatt and as intelligent as Cal Newport have said...
by Nicholas Kotar | Sep 21, 2020 | Articles, Folk Stories & Traditions, Novels
In my previous post for The Symbolic World, I tried to show how telling and enjoying fairy tales is not a childish or simple-minded pursuit. It’s a noble calling, in some ways, especially in times of chaos. Famed fantasy author J. R. R. Tolkien takes this...
by Nicholas Kotar | May 27, 2020 | Articles, Folk Stories & Traditions
“Whatever shadow may fall on your life–maybe you are worried about the fate of your country, or perhaps dark thoughts visit you concerning your own future, or maybe your entire life seems an unbearable wound–remember the fairy tale. Listen to her quiet, ancient, wise...
