I find it remarkable that Arjuana had time to pose for you, in addition to power claims, intrigues and the usual murder and manslaughter.
I really do understand your argument... I actually felt the same way when it comes to this topic. Any kind of historical stories, be it the legends (pure fantasy) or the facts... both are horrible.
On the other hand, the other aspect of such cultural legacy is still fascinating to me.
If I see the beautiful temples, altars, churches or any other relics..it's so magnificent and admirable what human being ever had created for their belief..how much effort and sacrifices they have put to it... On the other hand, how sad that such resourceful species still haven't even managed to free themselves from poverty and misery after 2 millenias.
Up to these days, we still have the same issues as in the ancient era.
Well anyway, as an artist... I would still be drawn into the beauty of culture product anyway :).
Be it Eurepan ones, Indian ones, or Javanese ones... they have their own beauties.
From the personality I like the description of Arjuna, but as a modern lady, I despise his love adventures LOL.
When I made this artpiece, I was reminded on my childhood. I grew up in a small village in the 80's where we basically had nearly no entertainment, so whenever there is special celebration in the district capital where the city mayor paid for traditional shows like Wayang Orang or Puppet shows, my father took me and my little brother to watch it until breaking dawn. Really...I was a little girl but I loved it so much and could stay awake the whole night until morning just to enjoy the show.
I knew every single details of the plot be it Ramayana epic or Mahabharata epic, and knew every figures by heart even when I was just 6 yo. And my daddy has always been so proud of me. I had rather nice childhood despite being poor :).
So...this is how I could let Arjua pose for me hahahahaha, I knew him well since decades ago 😂 . It's very unfortunate than youngsters these days only know pop music and the city mayor seem to never arrange such traditional shows anymore.
I especially love the particular scene where Arjuna fight this little monster "Bambangan-Cakil" fighting dance scene... the dance move that the monster (Cakil) has to perform is especially difficult and it's actually rather funny scene normally.
The loss of interest in myths, legends, and history as such is vividly reflected in the question I am always asked by people who visit us for the first time: “Why do you have so many books?”
The almost notorious compulsion to retrieve half-knowledge from the internet and not even be able to process it does not bode well for the future.
Absolutely right. It's indeed the case.