Half and Half make one Half Full – Let the Knights Joust.
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Half and Half.”
Where there’s black, there’s always some white; when there’s dark, there’s a possibility of light;
You may have to look for them, but in a world full of wrong, there are always things that are right.
This world is half-and-half, and until I saw this prompt, I didn’t realize that a lot of my illustrations are half-and-half too. One of these half-and-half illustrations is a two-page spread for the Talk Business and Politics magazine that has Mike Ross and Asa Hutchinson jousting to become the Governor of Arkansas.
Left Half: Mike Ross (Democrat)
Right Half: Asa Hutchinson (Republican)
This image and the prompt together make me wonder:
These two valorous knights galloping towards each other with their lances targeting the other’s chest, hoping to throw the other off his stead, are the reason why this scene exists. The State Capitol building is essential to the scene because forms the quest, but why is the crowd there? The crowd is there because of the two knights. It is there to watch them joust.
And this makes me ask questions, that I admit, are totally unexpected of the happy-go-lucky right-brained arty-kinds.
- Why do we like to see fights? Why, we even make animals fight one another, and wager bets?
- Why on one hand we cheer the winners and on the other, root for the underdog?
- What kind of thrill we get from seeing people spill blood or even kill one another?
- And if we don’t, if we have actually arrived at point in human history where our senses have become more refined and our battles are now fought with arguments, votes, and referendums, why still wars continue to rage through out the world?
I think there aren’t any answers to these questions, but we have opinions – and our opinions matter. They matter with all two warring-halves of the world – from the smallest halves to the biggest halves. Our opinions matter when we can influence the two halves and help them stand on the same side of the picture so we can help them become one. Our opinions also matter in bigger issues too as we can influence the course of history by voting the right decision-makers to the top-office of our country.
Until that happens, let the knights joust and the pugilists box.
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