Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology mythology as we shall see is not about opting out of this world but about enabling us to live more intensely within it.
If you're an original thinker you are going get told 'no' a lot and you have to be able to hear 'no' many times from the bankers and trust that at some point someone is going to recognize that you are an artist and not a can of soda.