by calozada | Feb 19, 2022 | Art, Questions, Theories
Note: Before reading, I just wanted to write that some of the images seen here in this two-part post are quite graphic and may cause emotional distress. I know the topic is already quite brutal and distressing, but I do not want to cause undue harm because my work is...
by jozeng | Feb 17, 2022 | Daniel, Life of St. Margaret, Theories
Group: Jonah, Spencer, Frances, and Jo The phenomenon of looking can be thought of as consisting of two composite parts: seeing and interpreting. Seeing, the visual experience of something happening before one’s own eyes, or gazing upon a representation such as a...
by dtong1 | Feb 15, 2022 | Life of St. Margaret, Readings, Theories
Today’s discussion inspired many thoughts about the allure of violence and why some people continue to actively witness violence while it feels disgusting and irrational to others. According to Sontag, she says that “Men make war. Men (most men) like war, for men...
by nstachowiak | Feb 15, 2022 | Life of St. Margaret, Questions, Theories
The story of St. Margaret highlights many features of the Christian worldview, perhaps most notably the nature of ideal behavior. Saints are canonized in the Christian religion as role models- they are inherently aspirational figures. St. Margaret is portrayed as an...
by dtong1 | Feb 12, 2022 | Theories
The idea of Jesus’s bleeding side wound being metaphorical female genitalia is both conflicting and corresponding to the traditional ideas of female purity. Firstly, the blood from Jesus’s side wound is said to be lifegiving. His sacrifice is lifegiving in several...
by Josephine Dawson | Feb 9, 2022 | Genesis, Readings, Theories
A continuation of the train of thought from Forces of Translation I: Diluvian Description. Blood of Death He þa unræden folmum gefremede, freo-mæg ofsloh, broðor sinne, and his blod agate, Cain Abeles. ...
