Blog #25
The movie Apocalypto is about the decline of the Mayan Kingdom. The rulers believe the key to prosperity is to build more pyramids and human sacrifice. Jaguar Claw is captured when his village is raided. He quickly lowers his family into a whole before he is captured trying to fight for his village. Which shows his caretaker archetype, because he is putting his family and village before his own safety. His innocent archetype is reflected upon his tribes belief of peace. Though a noble belief to live by, it can mean certain danger for others who do not respect peace. I think that his dominant archetype is the warior because his surroundings are constantly challenging his life. He has to hunt for food to survive and provide for his family. He is forced to fight back at the end when he realizes what his dad said to him, “I didn’t raise my son to be afraid.” He uses the hunting trap to kill one guy, he runs away from the black pander leading it right into the leaders, he shot a dart at one and fights the last one. He proves his strength and smarts through his warrior archetype.
An excert from Raised to Be Lowered by Saul Williams
To manifest your dreams before you manifest your fears. To navigate beyond the treachery of self despair. To find the balance between all you sense and all you see. To find the patience and the strength it takes to let it be. To stand amongst the crowd and have the strength to hold your own. To throw away the pen and pad and simply be the poem. To rise above hatred to love through seeming contradiction. To seldom take a side and learn to compliment the friction. To bring about the change within that we can’t live without. To shift and re-arrange ideals and learn to deal with doubt. To voice the victory and unlearn ways of self-defeat. To learn the value of, “yo, fuck the words just ride the beat”. To leave the comfort zones of all you know to all you feel. To step beyond the void and realize the unknown is real. To re-imagine every obstacle as just means of honing craft and learn to laugh at failures funny dream.
