If you keep asking ‘why’, you’ll eventually arrive at a question that has physicists and philosophers collectively scratching their heads.

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I have come across several iterations of the above saying.

As a relentlessly curious child, I heard it as both encouragement and a rebuke, from permutations and combinations of tired and conscientious parents and teachers.

I took it to heart, for it is a heartening notion- It doesn’t matter what path you take. So long as you keep going, you will be supplied with the answers to life’s integral questions.

On this blog, I will test the theory of a holistic world by trying to make sense of it through the tales, tall and short, that have persevered over generations. I will explore the nature and scope of symbolism; and the efficacy of storytelling as a tool for mass communication in the past, present and future.

Did you cry for just one more bedtime story back in the day? Did you go on a concerningly intense binge the first time you discovered Creepypastas? Do tales of beings fae and alien, of places eternal and undiscoverable, of quests that bring treasures and curses, call to you? Are you willing to brave through my desperate attempts at being a raconteur?

If so, you’ve made your bed, friends. Now, do lie in it. Allow me to metaphorically tuck you in, and tell you a story.