I Met The Walrus, An Animated Interview With John Lennon
In 1969 Jerry Levitan, a 14 year old Beatles fan at the time, snuck into the hotel where John Lennon was staying in Toronto and talked him into doing an audio interview about peace. 38 years later Jerry’s son Josh Raskin directed the wonderful animated short “I Met The Walrus”, which he created using the the audio from the interview as the soundtrack. The film features pen illustration by James Braithwaite and digital illustration by Alex Kurina.
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this is so cool -- especially since I just watched "The Killing of John Lennon" last night
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Peace.
-Chris
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If I was fourteen, and snuck into John Lennon's hotel, I doubt I would have put a coherent sentence together. Very creative animation also!
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...and we end up with the likes of Strom Thurmond & Jesse Helms way too long.
Great piece of animation, thanks!
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It reminds me of how powerful the principle of non-resistance is when demonstrated in Aikido.
In a typical example, someone grabs your wrist and starts pushing it towards you and you resist using your strength.
In doing so, you are actually creating and perpetuating a condition of struggle.
If you were to suddenly stop resisting, simply allowing your "attacker" to push your arm, you will immediately experience the instantaneous cessation of any resistance. All sense of struggle vanishes because you stop resisting.
Furthermore, if you move off the "line of attack", and dynamically blend with its energy, you will find yourself with the upper hand, as you can lead. suddenly put into the privileged position of being be able to effortlessly redirect the attack.
The thing I've always liked about this Aikido example is that it shows that nonresistance does not impy passivity or powerlessness. In fact, it proves quite the opposite!
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