The Martial Artist as Surrogate for All Artists

When you think about a movie montage showing growth and achievement, what comes to mind? Kilgore Trout at his typewriter, throwing away rough drafts and making edits in red pen? Llewyn Davis sanding the edges off his first hit single as a solo act?
Probably not.
The two archetypal montages that probably come to mind are the training montages from either…