Tag Archives: mythmaking

“Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to be Said” by C.S. Lewis (Throwback Thursday)

Posted on May 30, 2019 by Brenton Dickieson

Last year I introduced an occasional feature I call “Throwback Thursday.” This is where I find a blog post from the past–raiding either my own blog-hoard or someone else’s–and throw it back out into the digital world. This might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Fictional Worlds, Lewis Biography, Memorable Quotes, News & Links, On Writing, Throwback Thursdays | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, children's stories, fairy tales, fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, lion the witch and the wardrobe, literature, Lord of the Rings, myth, mythmaking, mythopoiea, Narnia, Neil Gaiman, The Chronicles of Narnia, writing | 60 Comments

Songs of the Metamythos by C.F. Cooper

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

This is the book I never imagined would appear in this day and age. I first heard of Songs of the Metamythos at a reading circle in Massachusetts in 2014. I was attending my first Mythcon and late one night, … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged books, C.F. Cooper, literature, myth, Mythcon, mythmaking, mythopoiea, Norse Mythology, paganism, Songs of the Metamythos, Theology of Culture, worldview | 5 Comments

Age of Ultron: Mythic Mess or the Absurd Man?

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Brenton Dickieson

Joss Whedon is a smart filmmaker. Buffy was genius, and The Avengers was an intelligent, funny, moving, high-action, hyper-effects superhero movie—a package I wasn’t sure was possible. I like how Whedon delves into big stories with what many will assume … Continue reading →

Posted in Fictional Worlds, Reviews, Thoughtful Essays | Tagged Age of Ultron, Albert Camus, Artificial Intelligence, Asimov's Laws of Robotics, film, film criticism, Inception, Joss Whedon, Marvel, myth, myth of sisyphus, mythmaking, philosophy, Science Fiction, The Avengers | 18 Comments

“Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to be Said” by C.S. Lewis

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

This post is part of an ongoing series Called Writing Wednesdays. Perhaps no one would be more surprised than C.S. Lewis himself at the success of his classic children’s stories, The Chronicles of Narnia. Hundreds of millions of copies of … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Fictional Worlds | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, children's literature, fairy tales, fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, lion the witch and the wardrobe, literature, Lord of the Rings, mythmaking, mythopoiea, Narnia, Neil Gaiman, writing | 35 Comments

“Sometimes Fairy Stories May Say Best What’s to be Said” by C.S. Lewis

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Brenton Dickieson

Perhaps no one would be more surprised than C.S. Lewis himself at the success of his classic children’s stories, The Chronicles of Narnia. Hundreds of millions of copies of the Narnian tales have been sold, and they are read and … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Fictional Worlds | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, children's stories, fairy tales, fantasy, J.R.R. Tolkien, lion the witch and the wardrobe, literature, Lord of the Rings, myth, mythmaking, mythopoiea, Narnia, Neil Gaiman, The Chronicles of Narnia, writing | 26 Comments

The Effect of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Mythopoeia

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Brenton Dickieson

I am often asked what brought me into the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. While I do love the books, it wasn’t Narnia that first captured my imagination as a thinker. It wasn’t even the world of Middle … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Lewis Biography, Reflections | Tagged books, C.S. Lewis, fantasy, heroic couplet, Hugo Dyson, Inklings, J.R.R. Tolkien, literature, Middle Earth, mythmaking, Mythopoie, writing | 99 Comments

My Santa Manifesto (Santa: Don’t Read This!)

Posted on December 20, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

This article appeared first in the Nov/Dec 2011 edition of Island Family Magazine. Few figures stir up as much controversy in certain circles as Santa Claus. You may find it hard to imagine why this jolly old elf inspires any … Continue reading →

Posted in Creative Writing, Reflections | Tagged C.S. L, Christmas, Father Christmas, J.R.R. Tolkien, myth, mythmaking, mythopoiea, Santa Claus, Voyage of the Dawn Treader | 10 Comments

A Peak Around the Corner: My NaNoWriMo Reflections

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Brenton Dickieson

It has been a difficult month since I first posted my Prewriting for NaNoWriMo and launched the challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 Days. I find autumn hard, the dying light, our world plunging into darkness. While most people … Continue reading →