1. by Karen Lenk

2. The Journey
At some stage in everyone’s life a person will embark on a significant journey.

3. The Journey A journey may be: PHYSICAL INNER IMAGINARY It may be with
others or it is often
done on your
own.

4. 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.

5. A product (noun) or a process (verb)
A journey can be:
A product (noun) or a process (verb)
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.

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

7. 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.

8. The Journey
A journey can be entirely imaginative and be solely the result of the creative vision of the composer.

9. The Journey
The word journey
suggests
movement.
This movement
may be:
PHYSICAL
EMOTIONAL
SPIRITUAL

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

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

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

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

14. Unexpected insights may occur during one’s journey.
The Journey
Unexpected insights may occur during one’s journey.

15. The individual may ultimately reflect on one’s journey.
The Journey
The individual may ultimately reflect on one’s journey.

16. The Journey Symbols in The Journey may include: The river The road
A wave
A mountain
A bicycle
A labyrinth

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

18. A proverb about journeys:
Travel broadens the mind.

19. A proverb about journeys:
To travel is a better thing than to arrive.

20. A proverb about journeys:
The crow went travelling abroad and came back just as black.

21. A proverb about journeys:
He that travels knows much.

22. A proverb about journeys:
A person who never travels never grows up.

23. A quotation about journeys:
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
- Lao Tzu
Chinese Philosopher

24. 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 there’s a journey taken within the songs.
- Leif Garrett

25. 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.

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. Novelists about journeys
We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.
- Marcel Proust

30. 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

31. Writing about The Journey
Your piece should:
Establish the status quo
Outline the impetus for the journey
Describe the preparation for the journey

32. 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

33. 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

34. Writing about The Journey
Include obstacles or problems encountered
along the way.
Use symbols
Reflect on the impact these have on the
protagonist.

35. Writing about The Journey
Confront your protagonist with choices.
Make decisions during The Journey.

36. 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?

37. A saying about journeys:
A journey presents new ways of looking and seeing.

39. 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?