The
Hero
This asks the question –
who takes the lead, who is running the show,
who is the main seeker and provider of
treasures?
There are many clues. Here we focus on one –
relative size
and height.
Big and Small
Big
and small, by Bob Hersey
Relative size is
vital
in recognising which dominates what.
Relative to us,
first of all
- is it small?
Then the clue given is that we are more
powerful.
The shape clues will tend then to drop
the entity into one of a number of boxes.
Is it smaller than us,
and round?
May be a treasure of some sort.
We are the heroes –
We collect the treasure.
Is it smaller and looking up, submissively?
It may turn on our parental behaviour.
We are the heroes.
But just because we are bigger, does not
Necessarily mean we are stronger,
or that we are in the role of
hero for it.
Does it have fangs or claws?
Even if smaller than us,
it may be too dangerous, too
powerful, and we probably
don’t want to help it
anyway!
and what if it is bigger than us?
Then we have a visual clue that it may take
The role of hero…
Or if we are comparing two entities - big and small.
Are they calm together, not in conflict? And
in close proximity?
Fond Looks too?
IF so, they Could be parent and child,
and the big one helps and controls the small
one.
so remember, mum may not approve of
us playing with her offspring,
or worse, trying to eat it.
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what do you FEEL when
looking at these pictures?
Approval? Affection?
Other pictures may show big and small where
the larger entity is not necessarily benign:
what do you FEEL when
looking at these pictures?
AWE? Concern for the smaller entity?
The fact that we are talking about innate
responses
can be seen by juxtaposing inanimate objects
together,
big and small,
where we may feel concern for the yachtsman…
or as brilliantly shown in a picture of
chess pieces,
by Ron Lowery.
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Concern for the pawn, and perhaps us…
AND INDEED IN THE FAMOUS PIXAR FILM:
’Luxo Jnr’.
the characters are anglepoise lamps.
Couldn’t be more inanimate than that, could
they?
Or could they?
Click on the picture below, and watch thIS
short classic:
(watch
out – the file is BIG!)
(see
the droop…?!)
Indeed,
Inanimate things can also provide us with protection.
if it is bigger than us, and round and
hollow?
Maybe somewhere we can take refuge –
so the cave could be our hero
and protector from the
cold and rain…
or
it could be where
something stronger than
us has already taken refuge -
so the appropriate response is caution,
get more information,
and watch out.
A 'refuge' is a realm in its own right,
and we are programmed to expect each realm
to have its 'guardian',
so we should
feel
wary.
size provides no more than a
clue
as to who should have the role of chief hero or chief villain. In fact It just shows what is likely
to be in a position of
greatest
power,
whether the
situation is mother and child,
or predator and prey.
The size of essentic forms is vital information.
It is very significant to us whether An
obstacle is only six inches high
(still an obstacle – as I know too well - if
you have slipped a disk),
or twenty feet -
Which of us is ‘bigger’, more powerful?
That is the key question
in this section.
OF course, the visual clue can lead to the
wrong conclusion…
but we are talking about a default mechanism
here.
Ok, WHAT OTHER VISUAL CLUES ARE
THERE
TO INDICATE WHO IS BOSS?
