Sunday, January 29, 2012

Avatar the movie

I just watched Avatar again, and I find it exciting. We use this alien as an abstraction for a human experience which all humans can relate to because it is an abstraction. This could have been called in Yin ruled the world. What I love, what moves me, what blows my mind, is that no image in this highly creative artistic film was new. Why? Because we can only imagine what we've experienced, and the audience can only relate to that which it has experienced. So, you get a composite of human experiences, painted different colors, with different characteristics, yet so similar you can see yourself in them. The aliens have big eyes, and do what we do better (run, balance, fall through leaves, fly on a flying animal). Talking to the trees, it is done. Stepping and having the path light up under your foot, this is the magic of phosphorescence. Talking through your mind without words, this is done. Living within a tree, or one made of wood are not to different. Surely, we have not seen the world exactly like this movie, but I LOVE that we Almost have..... We've seen the base parts compostited differently. This fantasy world of living in harmony isn't a stretch, it's a choice. How exciting!

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