Comments on: Into the Wild http://www.masculinity-movies.com/movie-database/into-the-wild Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:57:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Eivind http://www.masculinity-movies.com/movie-database/into-the-wild/comment-page-1#comment-5 Eivind Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:27:39 +0000 http://www.masculinity-movies.com/movie-review/into-the-wild#comment-5 Thanks, Pelle I definitely see the Daoist Yin and Yang in this movie. And as that timeless symbol shows, masculinity without femininity is immature and incomplete. Similarly, femininity without masculinity is immature and incomplete. As you know, modernity is connected with orange in the spiral dynamics model. The generation represented by Chris' parents (and indeed my own) is definitely heavy on orange. Orange is extremely masculine, and ego-centric. The world is there to be mastered by the individual, often (unwittingly) to the detriment of nature and the feminine. I think orange has been great for the development of human civilization, self-realization and our intellect, but quite damaging to our relationship with nature, each other, and our emotions. What I think this movie shows brilliantly is that the single-minded focus on intellect and rationality as well as the distribution of nature's resources as property to be owned is causing havoc to the human heart and soul. But we're so disconnected from ourselves, running around as we are like hamsters on a wheel, to even notice how miserable we are. Chris was a sensitive soul, who yearned for more than his parents. At the same time, he was strong. He had integrated both the masculine and feminine, thus moving past orange, and probably also green (which is generally very feminine). I think what I'm trying to say is that we need to integrate the masculine and feminine forces in nature and ourselves to achieve happiness and our continued survival as a species. We need to achieve harmony with the soil that supports us instead of seeing it as something to be mastered and harvested. That I think would be the way we need to take into the future. Yes, you will have to watch this movie! :-) Eivind Thanks, Pelle

I definitely see the Daoist Yin and Yang in this movie. And as that timeless symbol shows, masculinity without femininity is immature and incomplete. Similarly, femininity without masculinity is immature and incomplete. As you know, modernity is connected with orange in the spiral dynamics model. The generation represented by Chris’ parents (and indeed my own) is definitely heavy on orange. Orange is extremely masculine, and ego-centric. The world is there to be mastered by the individual, often (unwittingly) to the detriment of nature and the feminine. I think orange has been great for the development of human civilization, self-realization and our intellect, but quite damaging to our relationship with nature, each other, and our emotions.

What I think this movie shows brilliantly is that the single-minded focus on intellect and rationality as well as the distribution of nature’s resources as property to be owned is causing havoc to the human heart and soul. But we’re so disconnected from ourselves, running around as we are like hamsters on a wheel, to even notice how miserable we are. Chris was a sensitive soul, who yearned for more than his parents. At the same time, he was strong. He had integrated both the masculine and feminine, thus moving past orange, and probably also green (which is generally very feminine).

I think what I’m trying to say is that we need to integrate the masculine and feminine forces in nature and ourselves to achieve happiness and our continued survival as a species. We need to achieve harmony with the soil that supports us instead of seeing it as something to be mastered and harvested. That I think would be the way we need to take into the future.

Yes, you will have to watch this movie! :-)

Eivind

]]> By: Pelle Billing http://www.masculinity-movies.com/movie-database/into-the-wild/comment-page-1#comment-4 Pelle Billing Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:11:56 +0000 http://www.masculinity-movies.com/movie-review/into-the-wild#comment-4 Another great review. The sense I get is that the core message of your review is that the inner masculine needs to be supported by the inner feminine, as well as stay connected to the outer feminine. The unhealthy masculine is cut off from the feminine, while the healthy masculine is supported by the feminine. I'm gonna have to watch this movie! Another great review. The sense I get is that the core message of your review is that the inner masculine needs to be supported by the inner feminine, as well as stay connected to the outer feminine. The unhealthy masculine is cut off from the feminine, while the healthy masculine is supported by the feminine.

I’m gonna have to watch this movie!

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