So it's a new calender year and I haven't blogged for a while. Time to give my innate creativity a chance.
My thoughts are still on the Road Back. That leg of the hero's journey where the crisis is over but the climax is still to come. Where the war is won, but not the battle. The occupying enemy is inevitably destined for utter defeat, yet the empire stands. Spot fires of the New Order pop up spontaneously as the cracks in the old way show themselves, but they are quickly snuffed out as the enemy seems to have the upper hand. It can feel like one step forward precedes two back, this is the time of the Allies. The hero is away, or making his final ascent, and it falls to the friends and followers to stand in the gap and show their colours. Here, the friend becomes the hero, the weak show their inner strength and the Hero's influence on his company is finally tested. This is the hour of the follower, as the hero charges for the final confrontation and the fulfillment of the journey. I am dwelling on all this as I try to write songs for our time. If we can understand when we are, we can better work out what to do.
I am also very much enjoying my wonderful and life-full family, especially following a good break for Christmas. I'll write more about this soon. Right now, time to get something out, and hope the creativity is unstoppered.
