Fly Like an Eagle
I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Fly through the revolution -Steve Miller Band
From the dawn of man, one of his greatest desires has been to fly. To take to the skies and soar, free-wheeling with the birds in an aerial adventure. Man has gone to great lengths to achieve this dream. It is why we built planes and even roller coasters in a futile attempt to reach the heavens. Hundreds, if not thousands, of artistic works have been created dealing with flying. But why is this so? Why is flight such an enchantress for us? What is it about the azure sky that tempts us so? To answer this, one has to realize what it means to fly. To truly take wing is to be free. It is to shed the chains and burdens of the world and, even for just a moment, to rise up, free. It is only when we are unbound from our limitations and venture beyond them that we can truly define our lives and our existence. In the myth of Icarus, this dream of mankind is literal. Icarus and his father, Daedalus, are imprisoned on an island. In order to escape, Daedalus, an inventor, crafts wings for the two to wear. Girded with these wings, Icarus and his father fly from their prison to freedom. His father warns him not to fly too close the sun, lest the heat melt the wax that holds his wings together. While there escape begins well, Icarus fails to heed his father's warning and flies too close the sun. Without his wings, Icarus plummets into the sea. His father, alone now, continues flying to safety. Stephen Dedalus of James Joyce's novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man also desires to be free. He wants to express himself uninhibited and to acclaim his destiny. However, to do this he must break the chains of bondage that he feels hold him back. When discussing man, he says:
The soul is born It has a slow and dark birth, more mysterious than the birth of the body. When the soul of a man
To the sea
Fly like an eagle
Let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
Till I'm free
Fly through the revolution -Steve Miller Band
From the dawn of man, one of his greatest desires has been to fly. To take to the skies and soar, free-wheeling with the birds in an aerial adventure. Man has gone to great lengths to achieve this dream. It is why we built planes and even roller coasters in a futile attempt to reach the heavens. Hundreds, if not thousands, of artistic works have been created dealing with flying. But why is this so? Why is flight such an enchantress for us? What is it about the azure sky that tempts us so? To answer this, one has to realize what it means to fly. To truly take wing is to be free. It is to shed the chains and burdens of the world and, even for just a moment, to rise up, free. It is only when we are unbound from our limitations and venture beyond them that we can truly define our lives and our existence. In the myth of Icarus, this dream of mankind is literal. Icarus and his father, Daedalus, are imprisoned on an island. In order to escape, Daedalus, an inventor, crafts wings for the two to wear. Girded with these wings, Icarus and his father fly from their prison to freedom. His father warns him not to fly too close the sun, lest the heat melt the wax that holds his wings together. While there escape begins well, Icarus fails to heed his father's warning and flies too close the sun. Without his wings, Icarus plummets into the sea. His father, alone now, continues flying to safety. Stephen Dedalus of James Joyce's novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man also desires to be free. He wants to express himself uninhibited and to acclaim his destiny. However, to do this he must break the chains of bondage that he feels hold him back. When discussing man, he says:
The soul is born It has a slow and dark birth, more mysterious than the birth of the body. When the soul of a man