Friday, January 29, 2010

The Missing Picture: The Warrior

The long post below, on procrastination, has no pictures, which feels right.
But it doesn't feel right to have an altogether pictureless day, so here's a samurai, circa 1870 (from here).

The Warrior made a little ripple in my mind after I posted about Avatar. The Warrior is an energy I've barely paid any attention to, especially not in my self.
Growing up during Vietnam War, I first met the warrior as a muddled and misguided figure, not an attractive picture.

One reason I love Captain Kirk is that he models a kind of warrior I can relate to (sort of)--a goofy one, able to laugh at himself and keep his role in perspective.

A more tragic but good warrior image is in The Seven Samurai, which shows that, in proper balance, the warrior serves the people. A society that centers around serving the warrior is out of whack.

Anyway, as I think about what in the world I want to do next, I want to meet my warrior self more.
I know she's in there, she's just been sleeping.

3 comments:

femminismo said...

Great photo and I, too, would like to meet my inner warrior. (Kirk is goofy, isn't he? Anyone who can battle Tribbles with a straight face is someone to count on in times of trouble.) And he's always true to his main gal: the Enterprise.

ArtSparker said...

He looks kind of like the Buster Keaton one in Seven Samurai.

Fresca said...

FEM: I think a lot of us, maybe women especially? would like to call up that inner warrior.
What does she look like?
What does she do?

ARTS: Hey! You're right, he does!