When we read myths and fairy tales, if we let ourselves step into their world of poetry and imagination, we step out of the rational, See more

"First we must learn to think mythologically. Powerful things happen when we touch the thinking which myths, fairy tales, and our own dreams bring to See more

The fact that we have now relegated [fairy tales] to children shows a typical attitude—I could even call it a definition of our civilization—namely, that See more

What has endured through human history are the stories. They are amazing trees of sound that grow inside the human memory and are fed by See more

Where, in many fairy tales, do you meet the witch in a forest. For us her influence is strongest when we feel ostracized and full See more

“The most we can do is to dream the myth onwards and give it a modern dress. And whatever explanation or interpretation does to it, See more

The passage into mystery always refreshes. If, when we work, we can look once a day upon the face of mystery, then our labor satisfies. See more

Sometimes life just feels like this.... In the dark forest. Still from "The Linguist." You're invited to watch this 7 minute film, let us know See more

The Grimm tale, The Three Languages, invites us to consider times in our life when our logical brain said one thing, but a raw, instinctual See more

In our stop-motion film The Linguist, Daphne spends the first act trying desperately to please a demanding mother. Where in your life are you standing See more

I hadn’t been back in my studio for a LONG time. Finally today I was able to start filming again! But maybe the THRESHOLD GUARDIANS See more

Back in the studio with Rumpelstiltskin! He's kind of scary.

Classic fairy tales, deploying wonders and inspiring astonishment, depend on magic as causation; magic is part of the fabric of everyday reality, which is permeated See more

The original Grimm Brothers' tale of The Three Languages was written about a son and his demanding father. When I sat down to adapt it See more

Because the kind of fairy tale that expresses collective structures touch emotions more deeply, it stays better in one's memory. Also, this happens naturally in See more

The fairytale’s typically supernatural world can be regarded as the best possible metaphor for the actual arena of psychic happening which we confront within ourselves See more

Excited! Nice to be an official selection.

David L Hart studied with Marie Louise Von Franz. I love his little book filled with wisdom. "Fairytales have been told, retold and handed down See more