Rush Hour
A common question in my workshop is "Is all this mind, body, and spirit stuff an accident?" In other words, do writers intentionally include it in their work, or is it something so inherent in a good story that writers include it without even knowing they are doing so? Personally, I think some writers do it intentionally. When you read some books or series, the mind, body, and spirit symbolism is so tightly woven into the story it is hard to believe it is accidental. In other stories, though, the symbolism comes across as almost an afterthought, like in the movie Rush Hour , starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. The body and spirit characters are dominant throughout the film, but when needed to push the story forward, a mind character appears. I don't know if the mind, body, and spirit symbolism in Rush Hour was intentional or accidental. I would like to believe it was intentional, but it doesn't have to be. It's there because it works, accide...