Once upon a time fairy tales were told to audiences of young and old alike. It is only … - Terri Windling

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Art is prayer - not the vulgarized notations handed down to us in the scriptures, but a fresh vital discovery of one's own special presence in the world.

Terri Windling

Once upon a time fairy tales were told to audiences of young and old alike. It is only in the last century that such tales were deemed fit only for small children, stripped of much of their original complexity, sensuality, and power to frighten and delight.

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What I find interesting about folklore is the dialogue it gives us with storytellers from centuries past.

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