Started The Power of Myth last night after rummaging for something to read while I soak my aching legs in a tub filled with hot water. You humans call this a bath. So strange a word: bath.
Anyhoo, this Joseph Campbell has made me think.
I am pretty sure I am teaching this fall. The class starts Saturday and the community college is "pretty sure" I'm teaching it. Solid. Nothing like the 11th hour to cobble together 15 weeks of learning material.
I like teaching Psych because it is dynamic and easily engaging for neophytes; easy to light a thinking fire if you will. And I know you will you silly little freak.
Anyhoo, this Joseph Campbell said that "Preachers err by trying "to talk people into belief; better they reveal the radiance of their own discovery."
Pretty sweet huh? I get excited about learning and I think this little contagion spreads in my classes. Now granted, the radiance of my discoveries surely doesn't meet the criteria for science, nor does it even guarantee my discoveries will be radiant for you or my neophytes, but it does mean there is radiance.
Radiance is a good thing. Just don't get too close to the radiance fire you silly little freak.
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