It can be extremely frightening to do courageous acts.
Which is why humans have storytelling, to give children a guide of what heros and villains do in life, so the kids know how to react when they are placed in those threatening situations that created the stories in the first place.
But most people are soft, they like the easy road, so t…
It can be extremely frightening to do courageous acts.
Which is why humans have storytelling, to give children a guide of what heros and villains do in life, so the kids know how to react when they are placed in those threatening situations that created the stories in the first place.
But most people are soft, they like the easy road, so they shirk away from the frightening situations and just go with the flow. There were Morality Plays in the Middle Ages, and Hollywood, especially Star Wars and the Marvel Movies (at least both franchises did early on) followed those arcs of vice and vitue and ultimately, redemption for a fallen hero.
Social media has allowed for the creation of a mental construct where people delude themselves into thinking that they are courageous as they hide behind their keyboards, screaming at injustice, but as soon as they are personally threatened because of their actions, most run away, delete their posts, gaslight others.
I love the movie Casablanca and I always wonder, when the writers and director watched the final cut, did they realize how amazing the last 5 minutes of dialouge were, did they know they had created a work of art, that people still quote today?
This is a wild stream of consciousness, avoiding the-end-of the work week with a mental puke. Sorry about that.
Don't be sorry about this post, CaliforniaLost. You made my main point better than I did! That's why I'm a fan of Reader comments. We can opine on themes/observations like this - which are probably important, or worth commenting on.
In my writings, I always try to expound on observations that I rarely see made at other sites. Most of these observations are pretty obvious ... but they don't generate many essays pointing out these threads or themes.
It can be extremely frightening to do courageous acts.
Which is why humans have storytelling, to give children a guide of what heros and villains do in life, so the kids know how to react when they are placed in those threatening situations that created the stories in the first place.
But most people are soft, they like the easy road, so they shirk away from the frightening situations and just go with the flow. There were Morality Plays in the Middle Ages, and Hollywood, especially Star Wars and the Marvel Movies (at least both franchises did early on) followed those arcs of vice and vitue and ultimately, redemption for a fallen hero.
Social media has allowed for the creation of a mental construct where people delude themselves into thinking that they are courageous as they hide behind their keyboards, screaming at injustice, but as soon as they are personally threatened because of their actions, most run away, delete their posts, gaslight others.
I love the movie Casablanca and I always wonder, when the writers and director watched the final cut, did they realize how amazing the last 5 minutes of dialouge were, did they know they had created a work of art, that people still quote today?
This is a wild stream of consciousness, avoiding the-end-of the work week with a mental puke. Sorry about that.
Have a great weekend Bill.
Don't be sorry about this post, CaliforniaLost. You made my main point better than I did! That's why I'm a fan of Reader comments. We can opine on themes/observations like this - which are probably important, or worth commenting on.
In my writings, I always try to expound on observations that I rarely see made at other sites. Most of these observations are pretty obvious ... but they don't generate many essays pointing out these threads or themes.