QUOTATION MARKS - Martin Shaw - Myth as a Shield

"To look too frequently into the abyss
can do savage things to you
A myth is when you use
the story as a shield
where you can gaze on the reflection
of the monster without being drawn
endlessly into the pitiless depths
of its face."

"Myths have served 
as a kind of shield
so you gaze on the horror of life
without it obliterating you
in the process.

To do that is not artful
to be skillful,
to have what the greek's call 'metis'
that's something that involves
a reflection, and myth stories.

Martin Shaw - Storyteller & Mythologist