October 5, 2004

  • The silvery magician guide in that dream I had yesterday got me thinking about wizards and mages. I’ve always liked stories where a hero has to learn from a wizard, from Arthurian legend, all the way up to Pai-Mei in ‘Kill Bill Vol. 2.’

    Merlin, Pai-Mei, Obi-Wan Kenobi… an uncountably large number of kung fu sifus in Hong Kong chop-suey movies… There’s something fascinating about the idea that someone will take over your life that way, and you’ll be better for it.

    I’ll probably have more to say about this later.