One of the pieces that I have been clinging to for a while, is the idea that I need to become a graphic novelist (think comic books). I am completely in love with this idea. For one, I love to draw and paint.

Another reason is that I like fantastical stories and ideas. The mythologies from our various cultures have given us a history of the way people think, filled our imaginations and enriched our lives (I haven't read Joseph Campbell's writings but I'm sure they are informative). Is mythology just a collection of primitive ideas from the past? I don't think it is. Comic book characters and super heroes are great examples of current myths. In my teenage years I was never really interested in comics, they seemed silly and a waste of time (I had other ways of wasting my time). Now I feel differently. So I have been studying them for the last few years.