The phrase the heroine’s journey immediately makes me think of Lou Reed’s Heroin recorded with the Velvet Underground. It’s not an uplifting song about putting a spike into one’s veins in order to feel like a man; but the song’s protagonist does take a journey wearing a cute sailor suit and cap. I picture him as Max in Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are. Children’s stories – even those that say, “Let the wild rumpus start,” instead of, “Let the wild rumpus begin,” – are always a better starting place than injected addictives.

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