"We writers, poets, painters and musicians face difficult, contradictory Calls. We must fully immerse ourselves in the world to find the material for our art. Beut we must also at times withdraw from the world, going alone to actaually make the art. Like many heroes of story, we receive conflicting Calls, one from the outer world,, one from our own insides, and we must choose or make compromises. To answer a higher Call to express ourselves, we artists may have to refuse the Call of what Joseph Campbell terms 'the blandishment of the world.'"
(The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler, pages 109-110)
