tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.comments2023-03-26T01:05:25.519-07:00All About EvilLynda Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13250840956155339043noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-15218226893040789472010-03-02T10:48:39.886-08:002010-03-02T10:48:39.886-08:00i dont think there is, but evil i think is more ab...i dont think there is, but evil i think is more about hell and the devil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-37047793666607324082010-01-21T17:39:42.619-08:002010-01-21T17:39:42.619-08:00Evil is simply the absence of good. Just as darkn...Evil is simply the absence of good. Just as darkness is the absence of light and cold the absence of heat. Evil can only be defined in relation to the good. " if we know the good we should do and don't do it, that is sin"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-39273353951186667542009-12-05T15:37:22.731-08:002009-12-05T15:37:22.731-08:00Corporate Evil takes on an all new meaning when we...Corporate Evil takes on an all new meaning when we look at hospitals ran by corporations. The inside scoop on this is how they look at revenue and expenditures. I had a CFO tell me one time that the nursing department was a NON-revenue producing department that was a necessary evil. Meaning, that if they could find a robot to do what we did and save the salary, then we would definitely be out of a job. They speak about how they care about the patient and how they are committed to quality care, but are they committed to quality or are they committed to spouting the word quality. EVery year over 100,000 people die because of medical errors. Usually due to untrained, inexperienced staff and large patient loads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-21000911112395735882009-11-19T10:17:02.255-08:002009-11-19T10:17:02.255-08:00paul has his brown beltpaul has his brown beltAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-79063306935072213862009-11-19T10:14:07.135-08:002009-11-19T10:14:07.135-08:00one time i rode a horse to school and it had a BON...one time i rode a horse to school and it had a BONERAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-77975917179900293272009-10-13T23:23:15.793-07:002009-10-13T23:23:15.793-07:00Absolutely not an entirely historical topic... we&...Absolutely not an entirely historical topic... we' have more info and comments on our facebook group.. here's another excerpt.<br /><br />A myriad of different spiritual ideologies practised worldwide are both positively and negatively described as witchcraft. Globally, but especially in Britain and North America, there are substantial communities who currently practise a variety of forms of Wicca. <br /><br />Wicca is widely considered a neo-pagan, duotheistic, nature-based religion. According to the history given by Wicca’s founding practitioner, Gerald Gardner, it is a survival of the European witch-cult that was persecuted during the witch trials of the late medieval period. There is no single orthodoxy or central organisation of this belief system, with interpretations and practices varying widely among practitioners. There are an estimated 800,000 individuals who identify as Wiccans worldwide. <br /><br />The use of the inverted pentagram by the Church of Satan, has led to some misidentification of Wiccans as Satanists. But there are important differences between these religions, such as the lack of a Satan-like figure in Wiccan theology. Due to ongoing negative connotations associated with witchcraft, many Wiccans continue to practise in secrecy.<br /><br />Beyond Wicca and its many permutations in the West, individuals and communities in Africa, Japan, India, Oceania and the Americas subscribe to a variety of ideologies – often traditional or pre-Christian practices, including mixes of Christian and traditional religious beliefs such as Vodou, Obeah and Quimbanda – which may be detrimentally deemed witchcraft, sometimes with violent repercussions.<br /><br />In some Central African areas, malicious magic users are believed by locals to be the source of terminal illness such as AIDS and cancer. As of 2006, between 25,000 and 50,000 children in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, had been accused of witchcraft and thrown out of their homes. In Kenya it was reported that in May 2008 a mob had burnt to death at least 11 people accused of witchcraft. In the Meatu district of Tanzania, half of all murders are “witch-killings”. In India, it is estimated that 750 people have been killed in witch-hunts in the states of Assam and West Bengal, since 2003. <br /><br />Closer to home, in Papua New Guinea a local newspaper reported that in 2008 more than 50 people were killed in two Highlands provinces for allegedly practising witchcraft. <br /><br />Witchcraft remains a deadly practice...MissBlisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13402799275104213499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-3387013356725681482009-10-13T23:10:38.488-07:002009-10-13T23:10:38.488-07:00That was infomativeThat was infomativeHaddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573906991666088642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-55930570623462543532009-10-12T19:12:31.046-07:002009-10-12T19:12:31.046-07:00Evil is merely an extension of the baseness of our...Evil is merely an extension of the baseness of our nature .It is our lower self. Without us , evil is nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-52806917089780658672009-10-10T17:33:50.538-07:002009-10-10T17:33:50.538-07:00Evil is measurable. It has substance. It is a pres...Evil is measurable. It has substance. It is a present force like Gravity, magnetism, transmitted waves, etc... these things were unknown to us before we understood them and could measure them. We've taken evil for granted. The time will come when we "discover" that it is as real as anything else in this "physical" world. Dark matter anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-27544714552760345692009-08-16T01:34:44.096-07:002009-08-16T01:34:44.096-07:00Sadly, this is not an entirely historical topic: h...Sadly, this is not an entirely historical topic: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8119201.stmTimo Rissanenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07917226462405823618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-39011319552733673542009-07-06T17:16:05.753-07:002009-07-06T17:16:05.753-07:00Hey Bliss, I cannot post the desert paintings I ma...Hey Bliss, I cannot post the desert paintings I made about the dead landscape and the dying River Gums @ Murray Valley, but will send it to you via e-mail. Best, MartinFörderer Internationaler Austauschprozessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08286070245150248557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-75194863820112695292009-07-01T10:23:10.975-07:002009-07-01T10:23:10.975-07:00I love music, more than most people do. I've b...I love music, more than most people do. I've been looking into backmasking for quiet a while. Backmasking has been a musical technique employed since pretty long ago, satanic blackmasking is more of an 80's thing. To be honest.. most bands admit to the use of it for commercial purposes and it DOES sound commercial, like the growling and all (mostly death metal bands) BUT.. the only piece that actually sent a chill down my spine was Stairway to Heaven by Led Zepplin, when i played it backwards.. the lyrics were not commercial at all.. they sounded.. REAL.. i know it sounds stupid but hey.. T.T <br /><br />Peace.Lostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-19297851459163558852009-06-25T02:18:33.315-07:002009-06-25T02:18:33.315-07:00Witchy representations in popular culture –
The ...Witchy representations in popular culture – <br /><br />The most popular image of the witch is the one of the old, ugly hag, green-grey-faced, warty, hook-nosed, soothsaying, devil-worshipper who conjures all manner of nastiness upon others. They are popular Halloween symbols, and associated with broomsticks, casting spells by moonlight, brewing noxious cauldrons and being able to see into the future. <br /><br />This popular mythical character is however a complete misrepresentation of the essence of being a true witch. The only resemblance to those modern practicing ‘Wicca’ today may be quite loose associations such as wise women who study traditional plants, astrology and a mixture of pagan ritual. <br /><br />Early archetypal representations of witches being nasty old pieces of work foretelling doom appeared in Shakespeare’s Macbeth 1603-1607 and this character continued appearing in Grimm fairytales in the 1800s. Their stories adapted from German folk tales, involved decrepit old women eating children and exacting evil deeds upon others. <br /><br />This nasty persona stuck in the mainstream popular consciousness with Disney’s wicked witch of the west in the 1939 production, The Wizard of Oz and continued with dozens of Disney cartoons that followed from the 1950s. Some researchers at Brigham Youngs University argue that Hollywood studios (and Disney) have a lot to answer for young people holding a negative view of older adults: with characters such as Madam Mim, Cruella de Vil, and the witch in Snow White all propagating an image of an angry, senile, crazy, ugly, old spinster. <br /><br />The mythic witch character has always taken a female form (again another misconception) but has changed over the last part of the 20th century to include other personality traits such as benevolence, naughty–niceness, seductive beauty (even sexiness), as seen in the characters of Bewitched and Charmed. Some modern witch identities also follow a new archetype as proto-feminists characterised in those modern Witches of Eastwick. Technopagan ideals have also transferred to contemporary witch characters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, where she employs technology such as the internet and rocket launchers to perform the rituals for eradicating evil. <br /><br />Themes of positive empowerment are also starting to creep into our popular impressions of witches thanks to the fantasy of Harry Potter, however, overall the darker villain archetype wins over more wholesome images of witches every time. <br /><br />It seems the image of the green-faced baddie is here to stay...MissBlisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13402799275104213499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-24311991349017169932009-05-04T20:06:00.000-07:002009-05-04T20:06:00.000-07:00The ship was apparently outside shipping lanes to ...The ship was apparently outside shipping lanes to avoid pack ice. The initial spill accident then led to a series of other accidents, human and environmental, during the time of the cleanup. From what I've read there was a lack of education of cleanup workers employed by Exxon. The time it took to mtigate the disatster and come up with an effective cleanup plan (there were several options pursued), lack of effective equipment and vessels deployed to assist were all contributing factors in the ongoing environmental problems and human illness concerns. Exxon's practices may have been questionable.Bliss Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245847355252769286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-52727770349478004242009-05-03T04:49:00.000-07:002009-05-03T04:49:00.000-07:00the 'evil inside' spoof logo immediatly spring to ...the 'evil inside' spoof logo immediatly spring to mind on the topic of corporate evil. this website has a nice collection of bits from the web http://www.evilinside.com/sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829293844343577262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-82872203198305155572009-04-29T18:21:00.000-07:002009-04-29T18:21:00.000-07:00Hi again - Was facinated enough to read a little m...Hi again - Was facinated enough to read a little more about the Exxon Valdez incident, as an overview, and the findings of the commission/s afterwards. I was particularly interested in the concept of an accident, and it would appear that Exxon were asking staff to work long shifts(hours = dollars)and under those conditions, the accident occured. So the principals in environmental matters are enmeshed with their principals in human resource matters, it would appear. This made me think about a scale of evil...is there such a thing in people's minds? The phrase 'evil begets evil' comes to mind. It is a very facinating concept. Was the accident an accident, or an 'evil' outcome of a series of 'less evil' practices...?<br /><br />Very intriguing. Thanks for the opportunity to blog... LKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-5558797062609894952009-04-27T23:19:00.000-07:002009-04-27T23:19:00.000-07:00we think stories of corporate evil fits into our 3...we think stories of corporate evil fits into our 3rd theme "Faces of Evil" (as described in our february post). This theme will explore various stories of perpetrators and victims. Corporations being just one example of 'perpatrators'.<br /><br />The Exxon Valdez oil spill was an unfortunate accident. When looking at Exxon's mitigating actions during (and after) the event, I can't help but wonder if the situation could have been handled differently. I think it would be interesting to compare their policies on evironmental responsibility against their fiscal strategies.<br /><br />I suspect a top fortune 500 company such as Exxon, which in 2008 raked the largest annual profit, earning $45.2 billion, didn't get there because of their principles on 'environmental matters'...<br /><br />I really like your idea of a 'cause and effect' interactive. Thanks for the suggestion.Bliss Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245847355252769286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-81707535039981583292009-04-27T22:03:00.000-07:002009-04-27T22:03:00.000-07:00hi there
interesting to consider that the events ...hi there<br /><br />interesting to consider that the events of the Exxon Valdez or Ennron were actually a series of events and decisions. I am not sure this crosses over any other themes in development, but it would be interesting to have an interactive that is about choices - one choice leads to another, leads to another. In no way would it condone the behaviour, but seek to provide a connection between the visitor and the story. Corporate evil is a complex issue, and any way that you have of creating a complex decision-making interactive that gives visitors surprising results might show that given similar decisions to make, we might not end up in a place that different from these situations that we consider evil. Just what were the events leading up to the oil spill? We all know the results, but how did they get there? I have seen a doco about Ennron - facinating. I have no compassion, but it was a sobering tale.<br /><br />Leanne KellyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-19232343125624043692009-04-23T18:20:00.000-07:002009-04-23T18:20:00.000-07:00Thanks vena-trix
Thanks for your suggestions.
It ...Thanks vena-trix<br />Thanks for your suggestions.<br /><br />It is interesting you mention historical ideas of the supernatural. I guess you are making the a reference to mythology(?)<br /><br />Through this exhibition development process we are thinking about the evolution of evil, from those strong spiritual and mythological references to the secular human connections today.<br /><br />It will be interesting to see where new age ideas and practices have come from and their significance in our world today.<br /><br />The notion of corporate evil is popping up a bit in workshops and facebook too so we'll definitely be exploring that idea further. It's tricky to think about how it may be illustrated in a museum display..<br /><br />Any ideas?Bliss Jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245847355252769286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-63837987466341713332009-04-20T00:34:00.000-07:002009-04-20T00:34:00.000-07:00Hi,
While we're talking popular culture, I'm wond...Hi,<br /><br />While we're talking popular culture, I'm wondering if the theme of film villains has been explored? I think many people could name the film villain that they are most afraid of. For me it would be Frank Booth from 'Blue Velvet'. There is also Hannibal Lecter, Norman Bates, Darth Vader, The Wicked Witch of the West, Travis Bickle from 'Taxi Driver', Dracula, Freddy Krueger, Chucky, The Joker, that awful clown in 'It' and a stack more. I think an audience interested in the 'evil' in music would be interested in the 'evil' in film. And their images or weapon of choice would be instantly recognisable.<br /><br />Also, one other thought - I know the audience evaluation said that people weren't keen on paintings, but what about some of the older ones such as 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Bosch?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11344806174376811644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-68712317047070192302009-04-19T21:57:00.000-07:002009-04-19T21:57:00.000-07:00Gillian, the Odyssey has so much potential! My fav...Gillian, the Odyssey has so much potential! My favourite story was always the Cyclops with the Sirens coming in second. Though it seems the message is one of overcoming adversity, this is achieved through wit and cunning and dependent on the fickle whims of the gods rather than through the sole power of goodness and purity and morality.<br /><br />Ancient Greek, particularly Spartan, infanticide is considered abhorrent these days whereas the Greeks saw it as vital for their ethno-cultural survival as it (supposedly) eliminated the weak thereby protecting their military and economic powerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-80753145232225355522009-04-02T10:19:00.000-07:002009-04-02T10:19:00.000-07:00Evil and negative consequence are not the same.Evil and negative consequence are not the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-150757417634421372009-03-31T04:57:00.000-07:002009-03-31T04:57:00.000-07:00I think evil is very firmly rooted in historical i...I think evil is very firmly rooted in historical ideas of the supernatural. Science has demystified a lot of things that were historically ascribed to evil or malevolent forces. Evil is not a word used very often these days but I think the idea still has currency. In fact it seems to be a good way to connect the present with the past.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Feng Shui is a current manifestation of protection from evil? And possibly some new age ideas and practices?<BR/><BR/>Also comics are a very relevant expression of ideas of good and evil in the form of villains and heros.<BR/><BR/>I think corporations are more and more being seen as having evil methods and practises (maybe Wall-E as an example of the potential of corporatisation to ruin the world) and also governments eg in Africa - Mugabe.<BR/><BR/>Satan has a recurring role in South Park, and Homer Simpson has occasional Angel/Devil internal monologues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-89143309473755935592009-03-30T02:09:00.000-07:002009-03-30T02:09:00.000-07:00This might be helpfulwww.nachtkabarett.com/Marilyn...This might be helpful<BR/><BR/>www.nachtkabarett.com/MarilynManson.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1174159676914522381.post-2347773353361418122009-03-27T20:14:00.000-07:002009-03-27T20:14:00.000-07:00The Marilyn Manson connection is a really strong o...The Marilyn Manson connection is a really strong one. If you do some research you will find so much information about both the public's perception of him and his music, and of his own ideas and feelings both about his music and persona, and his reaction to his public perception. A great starting point would be to read the lyrics of his early albums - Portrait of an American Family and Antichrist Superstar, and then to read his biography - I think it is called Long Hard Road Out of Hell but am not entirely certain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com