More than anyone in history, Emerson wants You to be You, especially when the world wants you to be something else.

"Barbarian" philosopher, Montaigne, encourages us to occasionally escape the world without a trace -- to our "room behind the shop."

As kids, we pursued activities we actually wanted to do and not things we had to do. Fear did not govern us, wonder almost always did.

Mythic history is history with horsepower; it triggers feelings of Wonder and motivates us to live with Vigor.