@SonofBaldwin posted a YouTube the other day, of Erykah Badu explaining the idea behind the ‘Window Seat’ video. At the time i saw this video, i had also been watching some Akira Kurosawa and Yasujirō Ozu films, and reading a book about the Samurai. i was inspired by it all, and decided to do a quick drawing.
In the video, she was talking about how much courage it took to do what she did in ‘Window Seat.’ And how it’s so hard for us to go against the grain and challenge the norm. i think it’d be good for all of us to get outside of our comfort zones; to do things because we feel like doing them, without caring what anyone else might say about it. We need to start making our own rules. Forget most of what we’ve been told and start relying on our intuition to find the answer to life’s questions.
Anyway, upon reading this book, i discovered that there were actually female samurai. They were rare, but there are some stories about women they called Onna Bugeisha. Tomoe Gozen was an Onna Bugeisha, known for her courage and strength. So i thought it fitting to bring the two ladies together. “Boxcutta Crew” is just my imaginary squad, like a supergroup of all my heroes; people who think for themselves and never allow anyone to put them in a box. Labels and boxes, those are our enemies.
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Speaking of courage and strength, also pictured here is དཔལ་ལྡན་ ཆོས་མཚོ་ (Palden Choetso), a nun who self-immolated on November 3, 2011 fighting for Tibetan freedom. དཔལ་ལྡན་(Palden)= possessing brilliance and glory. ཆོས་མཚོ་ (Choetso)= ocean of dharma. If you haven’t read and signed this pledge, please do ==> http://www.standupfortibet.org.
Video links to:
Erykah Badu Explains ‘Window Seat’ ==> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI3qRovp1A8&feature=player_embedded#t=6s
Nun Self Immolation (Warning: GRAPHIC) ==> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=heRelfk_QW4#t=0s
