I came across this poster in the Prince Hotel in Girdwood a couple weeks ago. It attracted my attention for a few reasons. First, the bear is cute. But moreover, Cute Bear's speech bubble instantly reminded me of Ishmael.
Whether Bear knows it or not, that's a pretty profound statement. It hints, rather subtly, at the idea that humans have a destiny, a predetermined role to play in the world. We weren't meant to hibernate, because we were meant to do something outside the realm of the animal kingdom. At least in Ishmael's Taker philosophy, human destiny is to conquer the earth. And how can man do this if he is asleep for half the year?
Sleep when you're dead. That's a fundamentally Taker mentality. Because, isn't there always more to do? More to do now, so that there's less to be done later. Bear's statement, while fairly innocent on the surface, actually carries a lot of weight in regards to the mythology, the story, being enacted by Taker culture. Humans were never destined, were never meant to hibernate, because that's what animals do. And according to our story, we ain't like them animals.
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