The Canvas

War is ugly. It can never be justified. But it’s necessary. Necessary to make gods out of midgets. Inject fear into people made to believe that a lot was at stake.

Ancient myths and epic fantasies tell of great battles of man and beast. Beasts from nether and beyond; taken down my men of courage and ‘god-given’ powers. Peddling their fake, make-believe stories from town to town, they are in search of a celebrated status… to become kings!

These tales of inhuman abilities about smiting the horrid have taken various iconic representations over the centuries. War is an event that involves courage and valor, death and destruction, fear and famine! War is imposed on people, both that fight it and those that become a victim of it. It has always been used as a effective way of gaining favor and changing opinions. Opinions regarding the (self-righteous) people who lead these wars. The more agreeable is actions, the more favorable the person – no matter how discriminatory or inhumane they. War leaves people with nothing but fear!

This fear is useful in creating an atmosphere of ambiguity, anxiousness and uncertainty which leads people into blindly trusting men who they think know what they are doing. Mostly due to the elaborate fabrications of their past achievements. Blind trust is dangerous. It’s more like an obscurantist’s bigotry. The will to just go with what the leader says. Leaving not only oneself at the mercy of a powerful few, but also risking the liberties of others.

If there was no war, there won’t be any death. If there was no death, there won’t be any fear. If there was no fear of the beasts or the enemies at the gates there won’t be a need for people to be kings and queens. Kings and queens who falsely claim to protect their subjects from the beasts that never existed, in the first place.

This picture above is an illustration of Beowulf fighting and killing Grendel, the monster. Read more about Beowulf here. I suggest you read books about this epic.