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This simple but effective image comes from the legendary surfer Laird Hamilton. It is a reminder not to listen too much to our worst enemy: self-criticism. Laird, as an athlete, knows how your mind can prevent you from delivering your greatest performance no matter how much you are physically prepared.

I love this quote. I share it, blog it. Yes, failure is awesome. I do not know how many times we hear it every day, especially if you work in innovation or live in Silicon Valley. We know it, but do we live by it? Do we tolerate it in ourselves and for others? Do we cross the bridge between understanding the idea and making it ours? Do we really change our vision of success and what a meaningful life should be? Do we cultivate more compassion for our own experimentations that are going nowhere?

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There is a world between knowing something and feeling it. That is the collateral effect of a culture that seems to focus a lot on our ability to develop our brain without paying too much attention to our heart. What a pity. Having a direct line between the two would make our lives so much richer and better.

That is the battle and it is not a small one. It is the choice between freedom and invisible walls you build for yourself. It is not only a question of happiness, it involves your ability to create, to be sure you are doing what you love and were meant to do. It defines how you will impact your community, not only your own life. We are capable of achieving so much more when we give ourselves the permission to. When we free ourselves from labels we allow for experiments. The world would be very different if more of us were thinking more about ourselves as work in progress. We should see the world as our canvas and ourselves as artists. We offer our vision, with our work, startup, project, design, storytelling skills, whatever your domain is.

Perfectionism is your worst enemy, the one that makes you feel "never good enough." Success is somewhere else. An artist is not a perfectionist. Expressing yourself is beyond any definition of perfection. It allows you to touch your truth. And this theory does not suffer any right or wrong division.

Friend, the next time the enemy of your soul whispers words of untruth in your ear, try writing out Romans 8:38-39 in your own words of struggle or uncertainty. See how quickly your heart is encouraged and uplifted.

Six years of war brought many changes to familiar festive rituals. Christmas celebrations during the Second World War often had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll.

Constructed between 1927 and 1930, the sound mirrors were part of Britain's national defense strategy. Their parabolic shape collected and magnified sound waves in the air over the English Channel and directed them at a microphone positioned just in front of the parabola. Anti-aircraft defenses were then deployed. The mirrors effectively gave Britain a 15-minute warning of an impending attack.

Images created in times of war reveal the tensions and fears ignited by the conflicts between nations. Close analysis shows that the attached World War II propaganda poster is one such image (Figure 1). This 1942 poster, titled This is the Enemy, circulated in the United States following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Its purpose was to embody the entire Japanese nation as a ruthless and animalistic enemy that needed to be defeated. This image represents a clash between two nations at war and illustrates the biased perceptions that developed as a result. By dehumanizing the Japanese and instilling fear in the minds of Americans, WWII propaganda posters prompted cultural and racial hatred that led to massive historical consequences for the Japanese.

In other words, propaganda is used to influence people psychologically in order to alter social perceptions. In the case of This is the Enemy, the purpose was to change American perceptions of the Japanese (Figure 1). One strategy used to accomplish this was fear tactic. When viewing the image, the thick lines and dark colors combine to create an ominous tone. The stark white of the teeth and eyes on both faces highlights their extremely emotional expressions: one of anger and menace on the Japanese soldier, and one of utter fear and terror on the woman. The large, looming position of the soldier adds to his intimidation, while the inferior position of the woman emphasizes her helplessness. The knife is pointed menacingly at the woman, indicating murderous intent. These features combine to instill fear and anger in the minds of Americans. The purpose of this was to rally the nation behind the war to defeat the Japanese enemy.

Aside from fear tactics, the visual elements in the poster also support racial stereotypes against the Japanese. The peach skin color of the woman is a typical depiction of a Caucasian American, while yellow is the color stereotypically assigned to people of Asian descent. Other differentiations of the soldier include slanted eyes and a face that resembles an animal. The slanted eyes illustrate another Asian stereotype, and the monkey-like face depicts the Japanese as animalistic monsters. The woman, on the other hand, has an ideal American appearance. She has attractive facial features and shows no hints of animalism. The American audience, young and old alike, could relate to her familiar facial features and human-like appearance. On the other hand, the subhuman depiction of the Japanese detached any human relation between the two races. These racial distinctions were purposefully included in order to further alienate the Japanese as the other people.

Analysis of a supplemental WWII poster further proves the influence of propaganda in spreading racial stereotypes. Tokio Kid Say depicts the Tokio Kid, a Japanese character that appeared in a sequence of WWII propaganda posters (Figure 2). According to Time Magazine, the Tokio Kid was created by artist Jack Campbell and sponsored by Douglas Aircraft Company as part of the companys campaign to reduce waste. (Art: The Tokio Kid, Time Magazine, June 15, 1942.) In this particular poster, he is brandishing a bloody knife, which supports the aforementioned portrayal of the Japanese as dangerous murderers. The pointed ears and sharp fangs also add to the menace of the character and transform him into an animal-like creature. Again, fear tactics are supplemented by exaggerated racial stereotypes. Squinted eyes and enlarged buckteeth illustrate generalized physical attributes of the Japanese. The buckteeth also suggest a dopey quality, undermining the intelligence of the Japanese race. The drool hanging from his lips adds to his dim-witted appearance. Even the broken English in the caption mocks the intellect of the Japanese, and the use of the word Jap in the caption also demonstrates a racial slur used against the Japanese during WWII. This image verifies that multiple WWII propaganda posters achieved their purpose through virtually the same means: they instilled fear and racial prejudice against the Japanese in order to gain the United States support for the war.

Although the Tokio Kid represented the enemy overseas, I believe that the image also tainted Americans perception of Japanese Americans. The stereotypes represented in the poster attacked the entire Japanese race by linking their physical attributes to animalism and unintelligence. Japanese Americans shared the same physical characteristics as the Japanese, so Americans began to inaccurately associate them with the enemy. In this way, the racial stereotypes found in WWII propaganda prompted cultural hatred that transcended borders. The Japanese race became a common enemy, regardless of nationality.

This mistreatment was in part a consequence of the propaganda images that pervaded America during WWII. Renteln hypothesizes that the fact that the Japanese Americans were portrayed as animals in much of the World War II propaganda may have helped convince the American public that inhumane treatment was acceptable. (Renteln, 620.) Posters such as This is the Enemy and Tokio Kid Say illustrated this perception of the Japanese as animals (Figures 1 and 2). Navarro observed that ones own nation was always the civilized one while the enemy was depicted as barbaric, sub-human, and in some cases, demonic. (Navarro, 1.) My previous analysis of This is the Enemy demonstrated this point. As a member of the dominant Anglo-American audience, I found myself sympathizing with the Caucasian woman while looking down upon the animal-like Japanese soldier with disdain. The two races were starkly separated, and in my mind the Japanese race became the other, the enemy.

In the 1940s, this image probably resulted in a similar audience reaction. Rentelns article quoted an American political figure as testifying, The Japanese are less assimilable and more dangerous as residents in this country with great pride of race they have no idea of assimilating They never cease to be Japanese. (Renteln, 634.) This was a firsthand example of how negative attitudes toward the enemy Japs ultimately turned into prejudiced opinions toward Japanese Americans. In the minds of Anglo Americans, these perceptions justified the internment of Japanese Americans. Stereotypes portrayed in WWII propaganda images were used to rationalize the horrific conditions that were imposed upon this minority group. The anger, fear, and contempt felt toward the barbaric Japanese figures in propaganda images led Anglo Americans to treat Japanese Americans as if they were actually barbarians. By generalizing Japanese characteristics, propaganda images became one factor that led to the mistreatment of the entire Japanese raceeven those who were American citizens.

A war can bring nations together or tear them apart. It can be the catalyst that allows new alliances to form, or it can cause discrimination against other nations. Furthermore, a war can cause furious hatred and distrust of a nations own people. This is the Enemy is an example of such hatred in bloom. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. citizens cried out for vengeance and rallied support through media forms such as propaganda posters. Accuracy was often ignored in favor of fear tactics and brutal portrayals of the enemy. Images such as This is the Enemy demonstrate these features and are an important tool to help historians analyze the biased perceptions that developed as an outcome of WWII, as well as the consequences that resulted. e24fc04721