Kat's Myth-Folklore 2018 Blog

I chose to do a Storylab again this week and went with the " Advice to Writers " again because I find it truly inspirational. The first one I went with was " An Artist Needs Passion ".  In this short, the writer says that kids that dream of pursuing art of any form:  dancers, musicians, artists, etc need to always have passion for the art they love.  They have chosen a career that is really, really hard & will pay very little for many years, if ever.  The only thing to keep you going in that time is passion for your art.  I believe this is true because if anyone ever pursues a dream career that isn't a common go to school, get a degree, get a regular job type of career, it's going to be hard.  It's going to take passion, belief in yourself & your abilities, and true grit & dedication.  Pursuing that kind of dream is hard.  It doesn't pay the bills very often, if ever. Another one I liked was " Literature is Not High School ....

There once was a prince, the son of a Sultan.  He was married to a most beautiful woman.  He was one day in the market & saw a parrot.  The parrot convinced the prince to buy him, telling him that a caravan was coming to buy all the spikenard & if he wanted to make money, he should buy it all up before the caravan got to the town.  The prince did and what the parrot said came true & the prince made a great deal of money. One day the prince had to make a journey to another country.  His wife was so lonely for her prince.  after about 6 months, she saw another foreign prince & liked him.  The foreign prince looked upon the wife & decided he must have her.  So he sent a messenger to try to convince her to meet him.  The princess told the parrot's companion bird about what she was going to do & the bird begged her not to go.  This angered the princess so she killed the bird.  The parrot was smart so he told ...