by Karen Lenk

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• by Karen Lenk

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The Journey

• At some stage in everyones life a person will
  embark on a significant journey.

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The Journey

• A journey may be
• PHYSICAL
• INNER
• IMAGINARY
• It may be with
• others or it is often
• done on your
• own.

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The Journey

• A journey produces some form of effect on
• those who are involved in it.

A journey leaves those involved fundamentally
altered in some way.
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In other words a trip to a place (product) or
examining how a person went about their journey
(process) and how they develop as it progresses.

• A journey can be
• A product (noun) or a process (verb)

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The Journey

• A journey can be a physical movement that has
  some significance for those who are involved.

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The Journey

• A journey can involve no movement at all and
  can be a purely internal process that is the
  result of some significant event.

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The Journey

• A journey can be entirely imaginative and be
  solely the result of the creative vision of the
  composer.

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The Journey

• The word journey
• suggests
• movement.
• This movement
• may be
• PHYSICAL
• EMOTIONAL
• SPIRITUAL

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The Journey

• The notion of
• CHALLENGE
• or
• ADVENTURE
• is associated
• with
• The
• Journey.

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The Journey

• The journey
• is a particular kind of travelling,
• a slow rumination (hurry slowly) applied.

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The Journey

• The dissatisfaction we find in our lives may
  be an important force in motivating the journey.

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The Journey

• Dissatisfaction can lead to questioning. The
  journey to knowledge may lead to self-knowledge.

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The Journey

• Unexpected insights may occur during ones
  journey.

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The Journey

• The individual may ultimately reflect on ones
  journey.

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The Journey

• Symbols in The Journey may include
• The river
• The road
• A wave
• A mountain
• A bicycle
• A labyrinth

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The Journey

• Symbolic choices or obstacles in The Journey
  may include
• A fork in the road
• Two paths
• A crossroad
• A bridge

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A proverb about journeys

• Travel broadens the mind.

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A proverb about journeys

• To travel is a better thing than to arrive.

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A proverb about journeys

• The crow went travelling abroad and came back
  just as black.

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A proverb about journeys

• He that travels knows much.

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A proverb about journeys

• A person who never travels never grows up.

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A quotation about journeys

• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a
  single step.
• - Lao Tzu
• Chinese Philosopher

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Musicians about journeys

• My music is about the journey, about love and
  the human experience.
• - Wynonna Judd
• Each song is a lifetime, it begins and ends,
  and theres a journey taken within the songs.
• - Leif Garrett

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Musicians about journeys

• The ocean is a central image. It is the
  symbolism of a great journey.
• - Enya
• There is no formula to it.
• Writing every song is a little
• journey. The first note has
• to lift you.
• - Enya

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Musicians about journeys

• Without music, life is a journey through a
  desert. - Pat Conroy
• The truth is of course
  is that
• there is no journey.
  We are
• arriving and departing
  all at
• the same time.
• - David Bowie

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Novelists about journeys

• Our lessons come from the journey, not the
  destination.
• - Don Williams Jnr.
• It is good to have an end to
• journey toward, but it is the
• journey that matters in the
• end.
• - Ursula LeGuin

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Novelists about journeys

• At no time are we ever in such complete
  possession of a journey, down to its last nook
  and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations
  for it.
• - Yukio Mishima
• A journey is a person in itself no two are
  alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing and
  coercion are fruitless. We find that after years
  of struggle that we do not take a trip a trip
  takes us.
• - John Steinbeck

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Novelists about journeys

• We dont receive wisdom we must discover it
  for ourselves after a journey that no one can
  take for us or spare us.
• - Marcel Proust

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Writing about The Journey

• You will be expected to compose your own
• original piece of writing based on The
• Journey Context.
• It could be personal, imaginative or creative.
• An intelligent piece should consider both
• Literal (external)
• Metaphorical (internal)
• Journeys

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Writing about The Journey

• Your piece should
• Establish the status quo
• Outline the impetus for the journey
• Describe the preparation for the journey

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Writing about The Journey

• Stopping points and events should be
• described in the journey.
• Use symbols
• Reflect on these incidences
• Reflect on these pauses in the journey

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Writing about The Journey

• Mention others in your journey
• Mentors
• People you meet along the way
• Interesting distracting people
• Possible or real villains
• Reflect on their impact on the protagonist

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Writing about The Journey

• Include obstacles or problems encountered
• along the way.
• Use symbols
• Reflect on the impact these have on the
• protagonist.

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Writing about The Journey

• Confront your protagonist with choices.
• Make decisions during The Journey.

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Writing about The Journey

• Arriving at your destination
• Have you ended up in a different place?
• How different is this a place from where
• you started?
• Reflect on the nature of
• the journey.
• How has the protagonist
• changed?

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A saying about journeys

• A journey presents new ways of looking and
  seeing.

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Writing about The Journey

• At your destination reflect on
• The Journey as
• a whole.
• Was all anticipated?
• What were the unexpected joys and miseries?
• What has the protagonist gained from The
• Journey?

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