A bit of belated Father’s Day cheer: Rick Riordan discussing his inspiration for Percy Jackson. Four elements come to play:
- a Stele from the Metropolitan Museum:
The monument did for me what I always tried to do for my students. It reached across the centuries, cut through the dust and rubble of the past, and made me feel a personal, relevant, living connection to the people of long ago.
2. his son’s struggles with his learning differences
3. 9/11
4. a creative writing exercise he used to set for his students:
Make up your own demigod hero and choose which Olympian would be your godly parent.
It’s a nice reflection on the museum’s website. He starts by walking through the art piece that started it all.
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