"slumbering" - 1 õppematerjal

Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey

In an eerie way that makes the hair stand up on your 342  CATHARSIS arms and the back of your neck, the stone image seems to your eyes and your Stone Age nervous system to be distinctly alive. You could swear the Viking chieftain is asleep but breathing, about to wake up and surge off his pedestal at any moment. It makes a convincing theatrical illusion that the country's eternal fighting spirit is slumbering but ready to return to action when needed. N o doubt the ancient people felt the same awe as flickering torches and oil lamps made the giant horses and bison gallop across the cave walls. A feature of some commercial cave tours in the modern world is to turn off the electric lights at some point so the visitors can get a sense of the pure blackness of the lighdess cave. Perhaps our ancestors used a similar dramatic technique in their