Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Progress!
After much brainstorming, I think I have reached a decisive moment. It was too late for me to stray my original idea and so I had to really decide how I could make these seven sins less of a one word solution. I had a number of options, but what I have settled on is the diptych approach. This way in the end, it will not be exactly seven images to title with the name of these sins. I feel that with this approach the series will better have a chance to blur the lines of sin. I think that 'sin' is not necessarily something that we should be able to so clearly define. I mean how can cheating in a marriage be described as only 'lust' when it is also greed? After so much thought on the term sin and how it applies to human nature and the times in which we falter from desirable behavior, I feel that sin should be confusing. The diptych will also add an element of relationship between the two images that can suggest two separate sins that together equal one action that the viewer may clearly see. Quick example, if I had an obese person which may suggest gluttony and a messy house which may suggest sloth, one may see that and think "stoners" hah! I am hoping to make the imagery thought-provoking. That would be absolutely ideal! If I could just get a couple people to read different things from each of the images, I would feel it was a success. Next week, I will have two diptychs, mayyyybe three.
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I'll just say this, sin is a religious construct. Religion has for the most part sought to control and restrict the masses. Sin is not a black and white issue. Sin is rooted in evil according to religion, yet there's this thing called life that complicates the issue here. Let's take your examples, cheeting in marriage, true such an act can entail mutliple sin, however, what is considered sin to some is merely life to another. Lets say johnny and suzy get married right of high school, things begin change, and johnny becomes an abusive alcoholic. I wouldn't blame suzy for a second, if she ended up cheating on that asshole before leaving him for his kinder, more loving best friend. In that case her actions are warranted, and can not be restricted to merely right or wrong. My point is that if you want to muddy the waters a bit, consider that what may be sin to one person, is just a necessary life decision to another. Killing is also a sin, but using our previous example here, if johnny became such a violent fuck that suzy's life became threatened, I also wouldn't blame her if she killed that motherfucker. It's a matter of survival, in which case the issue of right or wrong, good and evil, is completely irrelevant. You gotta do what you gotta do.
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