Comments on: After the Samurai http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/05/01/after-the-samurai/ One Image, Six Writers, Daily Words. The site about Interpretation, Inspiration and Improvisation. Thu, 24 May 2012 07:53:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Cyn http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/05/01/after-the-samurai/#comment-14779 Cyn Sun, 10 May 2009 03:34:02 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=1907#comment-14779 Hi Rivka! No, there's no such statue in central Illinois - at least not that I know of, although there's so much weirdness there it would not surprise me. Thanks for the nice note - you're right that it needed to be longer. There's a paragraph in there that should have been two or three. Hi Rivka!

No, there’s no such statue in central Illinois – at least not that I know of, although there’s so much weirdness there it would not surprise me.

Thanks for the nice note – you’re right that it needed to be longer. There’s a paragraph in there that should have been two or three.

]]> By: Rivka http://elephantwords.co.uk/2009/05/01/after-the-samurai/#comment-14447 Rivka Sat, 02 May 2009 17:08:55 +0000 http://elephantwords.co.uk/?p=1907#comment-14447 Is there really a statue of a knight or warrior somewhere in the middle of Illinois? I like the juxtaposition very much. The ideals of the noble warrior, frozen in stone. The ideals of the Samurai code, still alive, though the Samurai are all dead. That's what I got from the story; that this girl finds comfort in the ideas and ideals of the knight-protector, almost wishing the real world was like a historical romance, or fairy-tale. I liked the story; I wish it were a little bit longer, though. Is there really a statue of a knight or warrior somewhere in the middle of Illinois? I like the juxtaposition very much. The ideals of the noble warrior, frozen in stone. The ideals of the Samurai code, still alive, though the Samurai are all dead. That’s what I got from the story; that this girl finds comfort in the ideas and ideals of the knight-protector, almost wishing the real world was like a historical romance, or fairy-tale. I liked the story; I wish it were a little bit longer, though.

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