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The Makings of a Good Character – Motivation
Motivation = that ‘something’ (or bundle of ‘something’s’) that initiates, guides, and maintains goal-oriented behaviour – that which your character wants, needs, or fears that drives the action. Astrologically, I believe motivation is primarily symbolised by the placement and connections of three natal planets:
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21st Century Slavery – Now you see it – Now you don’t
What constitutes morality isn’t easy to define much less pin down. But what constitutes slavery most certainly is… right? Free will. Who’s got yours?
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Jane Austen and the Enlightenment
Underlying Enlightenment ideals was Locke’s assertion that the mind is a blank slate receiving and ordering worldly sensations for the benefit of the individual. With this, the focus shifts forward: the individual is valorised and self- interest legitimized- no longer is he encouraged to blindly follow established teachings (i.e. church, government, aristocracy). Instead he’s to…
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Feminism and Jane Austen
However if we look to the basic premise underlying Enlightenment feminism – that women, not having been denied powers of reason, must have the moral status appropriate to ‘rational beings’, formed in the image of a rational God – we must reach a different conclusion. At least two of the three of Austen’s heroines examined…
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Grandma Brown
can’t say i hate ya…didn’t know ya well enough for that…can’t say i love ya neither…knew ya was a Brown rat…
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Troilus and Cressida or a good, hard look at the footprint of something short of an idealised and benevolent God
Many don’t like realistic theatre. We don’t want to pay good money to see a story where (unlike our everyday lives) the loose ends are not tied up. Such untidiness threatens our personal cosmologies – i.e. the carefully constructed psychologically spatial orientation through which we view the world.
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The Moral Maze of Self Interest
For although‘morality’ has meant many different things to many different people – the bottom line has always been – ouch – morality = self-interest.
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Truth and lies – do you know the difference?
While researching for my new novel – Lords and Lies – (excerpt above), I discovered that contrary to popular belief, there’s no agreement on what is truth – indeed finding one is a central aim of philosophy.
ARCHETYPAL ASSETS
Innovation in Cultural Cosmology / by Debra DeLeo Moolenaar