34 | How To Honor The Classics But Forge A New Path In Our Creativity w/ Maria Tatar

One of the most important evolutions in creative history is the emergence of a female voice. Despite cultural sociologists of old focusing on men, Maria is among a number of important voices who can recognize that we can both acknowledge, even honor those historic works, but invite the female voice to break them apart. Do you ever feel overly constricted by ancient, patriarchal models of storytelling? Then THIS is the episode for you. Maria and Jen also discuss: 10:14 - How to avoid culturally repressive tropes in our art. 12:14 - Why was Maria drawn to fairy tales. 16:45 - How to respect the old while still exploring the new in our art. 21:32 - Valuing curiosity in ourselves and our children 24:18 - How storytelling gives us life 27:10 - How promote female models of storytelling while avoiding a gender binary 30:09 - Maria’s writing process 32:55 - Maria’s complicated relationship with Joseph Campbell 36:56 - How Maria collaborates with her students. 39:13 - Finding the bravery to take risks in our creative work. Visit https://jenniferlouden.com/podcastkit/ to get instant access to a collection of audios that will: help you with some of the most common struggles we creatives have to manage including fear of choosing, falling into compare and despair, managing the inner critic (s), and feeling too exposed and vulnerable when you put yourself or your work into the world. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jennifer-louden/support