Saturday, September 1, 2018

Inimitable Imitation

10 years after its release, people still cannot stop talking about Heath Ledger's Joker in the Dark Knight. One reason we will never forget this version of the archetypal Joker is because it was portrayed in a very uncategorizable and idiosyncratic way. The unique particularity of Heath Ledger's soul deeply internalized, organically expressed, and possessed (or was possessed by) the Joker archetype with Heath's signatured individuality.

And what is deeply internalized in an individual's soul that is organically expressed is not easily forgettable. Like the Heath Ledger Joker, it transcends all conceptual boxes that human minds try to put it in.


Inversely, individuals who are fully possessed to take on the role of the Son of Man in their own idiosyncratic and uncategorizable way leave an unforgettable mark. They allow the unique particularity of their soul to deeply internalize the Son of Man in a version that is unique to them. The substance of the Son of Man is then organically expressed with a signatured individuality of the person that is utterly original and extraordinarily unforgettable.

Like the Son of Man himself, these individuals, such as Dallas Willard the Great, transcend all conceptual boxes that human minds try to put him in.


(This is the most memorable eulogy I've ever heard)

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