Revenge may seem an odd choice of topic for a newsletter on imagination. What does revenge have to do with the imagination? But the answer is: everything. When we speak of revenge fantasies we go to the heart of the matter. Revenge is an attitude before it is an act, and that attitude is a way of imagining. The demonic is as much an act of imagination as the ideal. If you search “revenge” on the Internet, you may be startled by its overwhelming presence in literature and mythology, beginning with Homer’s
February 11, 2022
February 11, 2022
February 11, 2022
Revenge may seem an odd choice of topic for a newsletter on imagination. What does revenge have to do with the imagination? But the answer is: everything. When we speak of revenge fantasies we go to the heart of the matter. Revenge is an attitude before it is an act, and that attitude is a way of imagining. The demonic is as much an act of imagination as the ideal. If you search “revenge” on the Internet, you may be startled by its overwhelming presence in literature and mythology, beginning with Homer’s