mesh with a few *other* Japanese media I've seen that are heavily influenced by Buddhist thought
which has been my point all along with the series of thoughts I've been posting over here: that we, thanks to our respective native cultures, are likely to write with a set of assumptions derived from our dominant paradigm. For the west, this is the judeo-xtian world; for the east, this is (most often) buddhism or some amalgamation of it.
And that basically, writers stand only to gain by trying to flip things around and take a lesson from other cultures. Whether to use some of their tools, or just to use the chance to review our own tools with a bit more critical eye. Not take things for granted, y'know.
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Date: 27 Nov 2008 01:00 am (UTC)which has been my point all along with the series of thoughts I've been posting over here: that we, thanks to our respective native cultures, are likely to write with a set of assumptions derived from our dominant paradigm. For the west, this is the judeo-xtian world; for the east, this is (most often) buddhism or some amalgamation of it.
And that basically, writers stand only to gain by trying to flip things around and take a lesson from other cultures. Whether to use some of their tools, or just to use the chance to review our own tools with a bit more critical eye. Not take things for granted, y'know.