Beating Drums in the Caves of the Underworld: The Creative Process as a Journey into the Spiritual World

Laura E. Valeri

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Beating Drums in the Caves of the Underworld: The Creative Process as a Journey into the Spiritual World

Laura E. Valeri

English

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Abstract

Writing a story is on the surface only a matter of discipline, but I argue that inherent in the creative process is a battle between order and chaos documented in the earliest myths of civilization. I examine several myths about the journey to the underworld to suggest that these stories are metaphors for the biology and psychology that empower the creative process.

Original language	American English
Journal	Writing and Pedagogy
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1558/wap.v4i2.287
State	Published - Dec 28 2012

Keywords

Beating
Caves
Creative process
Drums
Journey
Spirit world
Underworld

DC Disciplines

Arts and Humanities
Creative Writing
Linguistics

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Beating Drums in the Caves of the Underworld: The Creative Process as a Journey into the Spiritual World

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