"Represents" is a Dirty Word

It's been on my mind to blog again for awhile now, so here we go. I've always writing stream-of-conscience style (and I ALWAYS misspell concience) I have several different ideas I want to blog about today, but none are rising to the surface right now. Wait, no, here one comes now: I've had a notion to write a non-fiction book on Tolkien's Story Stew idea from his essayOn Fairy Stories. Especially after a fun back-and-forth I had with a friend about Joseph Campbell'sHero With A Thousand Faces...