Travels on my mind

stoneware paperclay

24 x 9 x 9, 2022

private collection

I love a good hero’s journey

The good guy beats the bad guy

Lots of action and adventure

Sometimes a love interest thrown in

to make things interesting.

I always think of Luke Skywalker

and how his journey (the point of it)

Was to battle the bad guys and blow up the Death Star.

But really, the hero’s journey is about who Luke becomes

along the way.

How he learns new things.

Travels to far off places.

Gets trapped in some stinky situations

With the feeling that the walls (sometimes)

are closing in on him.

He reaches out for help, makes new friends

with the unlikeliest of people.

He does impossible things

and discovers an inner strength that he doesn’t realize he has.

A strength to do hard things.

He comes out the other side

A changed person.

A bit battered, but more grown up.

He realizes he can do a lot on his own just using the courage he has inside.

An ordinary person, doing extraordinary things.

The real hero’s journey is not about beating the bad guy

It’s about learning who you are as a person.

That, despite the struggles and hardships

The here will make it to the end

Okay.

And, sometimes, more than just a little okay.