My purpose is to tell of bodies that have been changed into shapes of different kinds [Ovid]

Heroes and Monsters: Salford Quays, 2 – 4 June 2014  

If people no longer attain ecstasy through religion, they look for it in art, music, poetry, rock, [Armstrong: 2006]  

Theories need myths as much as myths need theories. If theories illuminate myths, myths confirm theories [Segal: 2004]"

Jesse Garon & Elvis Aron

His kind of music is deplorable , a rancid smelling aphrodisiac. It fosters almost totally negative and destructive reactions in young people [Sinatra]

[…] if you fight for your brother And are minded to share with him in all things alike,

You may live half beneath the earth,

And half in the sky’s golden palaces

[Odes, Nemean x.v. 85–91]

 

Celebrity is a mask that eats the face [Updike]

First say to yourself what you would be: and then do what you have to do [Epictetus AD 55 – AD 135]  

I c o n g r a t u l a t e myself on not having arrived into this w o r l d u n t i l t h e present time. This age suits my taste [Ovid]

The Return

of the ‘Y’ Boner  

The ability to amplify your own fantasies by finding in the field of the cultural heritage, analogous images, gives us a sense of purpose and direction, and make us feel part of something bigger [Campbell: 1949]

I have always believed that all rock n roll boils down to myth. There are no facts [Lester Bangs]  

Transfiguration a mental gymnastic exercise in camera control of imagery… the process of idealization, glorification, and dramatization [Julius Shulman]

The cause is hidden: The effect is visible to all [Ovid]

References

Armstrong, K (2006) A Short History of Myth. Canada: Knopf

Butler, J (1990) Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. USA: Routledge,

Campbell, J (1993) The Hero With A Thousand Faces. UK: Fontana Press

Guralnick, P (1994) Last Train to Memphis:. USA: Little, Brown

I’m Not There (2007) DVD directed by Todd Haynes. 135 Minutes. USA

Ovid (2010) Metamorphoses. USA: Norton Critical Edition

Padel, R (2000) I'm a Man: Sex, Gods and Rock 'n' Roll. UK: Faber and Faber

Peellaert, G. Cohn, N. (1999) Rock Dreams. UK: Knopf

Segal, R. (2004) Myth: A Very Short Introduction. UK: Oxford University Press