 "WAR - THE COST OF PATRIARCHY"
2008 36" X 42" oil on
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"The warrior ethic has damaged us. As we move into the twenty-first
century we need to mature beyond war and warriors. I disagree with those
men's movement writers and activists who speak so highly of the warrior. I
appreciate some of his traits - like courage, teamwork, loyalty - but the
archetype itself is bankrupt at this point in history. We surely need
guardians, boundary-setters, husbandmen, and citizens. If we are to
survive on this planet, so threatened by war and warriors, we must get
beyond the obsolete archetype of the warrior and value images such as the
husbandman who cares for the earth and animals."
From the essay "My War Story" by Shepherd
Bliss |