It is an ancient need to be told in stories.
"Blasted comes from the centre of our humanity and our ancient need for theatre.
I'm not quite ready to go as far as the poet and historian Jennifer Michael Hecht, who writes that holiday shopping fulfills "an ancient need to gather and tithe, and serves as a modern-day ritual of renewal".
He concluded, "It is an ancient need to be told stories.
The very act of making a meal from scratch fills an ancient need in us that cannot be met with even the tastiest store-bought products.
But all the ancients needed, Ms. Mayor discovered, was empirical evidence, not modern scientific understanding, that by the time of the Hercules myth, snake venom was lethal and could be delivered effectively by bow and arrow.
This ancient civilization needs the lift.
Kandaules, the king of ancient Lydia, needs adulation and loves power (like another leader in the 1930's, the period when this production is set).
Large, intricate and impersonal though contemporary society may appear to be, he said, it holds elements of ancient human needs -- for the comforts of family, the strength of the tribe.
"So many of us are now participating in fiction building, creating characters and narratives, it seems to me the art of storytelling is simply taking a new form, while we build new languages to pursue this most ancient of needs".. "Alongside these most recent storytelling devices and gestures we continue to share the book at bedtime, perform plays, make films, sit around the campfire and so on.
