Deafhood ~ A Hero’s Journey: Individual or Collective Transformation
Posted by LaRonda on March 2nd, 2007
“Each one of us is destined to become the hero in at least one story – our own.”
~ Joseph Campbell
While Joseph Campbell explained and popularized “the hero’s journey” in his book, The Hero With 1,000 Faces, the concept of the hero’s journey is an ancient one. Like the mythical Phoenix who sets itself on fire and then rises from its own ashes, born anew, the hero’s story is one of birth, death and resurrection. Each of us receives a call to adventure sometime in our lives.
As deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened, deaf-blind or hearing individuals with deaf parents or families, everything that comes our way in life, our everyday occurrences, can be seen as a call to adventure. We are all heroes in our own journey and story of deafhood. We are all searching to find our way through and beyond…
