nitrogenarcosis (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} nitrogenarcosis) wrote,@ 2007-03-07 16:25:00 |
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Mind Bender
So it's been a little more than a day since I woke up to find my mom apologizing to me and revealing to me that she agonizes over making sure her children don't go to hell. She told me this in a loving, motherly voice that didn't match the gravity of what she was talking about. My mom then put a cross which she had my name engraved, along with the a portrait of the Divine Mercy Jesus on the wall near my bed. This morning, I didn't know what to make of that.
Kind of ironic, since I found myself looking up both the literal and idiomatic translations of The Mars Volta's "Asilos Magdalena" and ended up looking up what Cedric and Omar had to say about the religious theme shrouding Amputecture after talking about the Berkeley show with Mark last night.
"This album's a commentary about the fear of God instead of the love of God, which goes hand-in-hand with Catholicism," he said. "To me, religion is the reason there is so much conflict in this world, and I think it's just so unnecessary to believe in this blue-eyed, white-bearded, white-haired God. Amputechture is my personal way of describing enlightenment, or just the celebration of this person who is a shaman and not a crazy person. It's about the pineal gland and how it has certain elements that mimic a DMT experience, and how we can come up with cures for cancer and AIDS if we're more in tune with what's going on in the rainforest."
- Mars Volta's Amputechture Inspired By Immigrant Marches, Possessed Nuns (07/25/06, Chris Harris)
Fear of God instead of the love of God.
Disheartening, a bit, looking back on what she said.
Even more ironically, I think I echoed similar sentiments on my senior project, which was a group documentary on the place that God/spirituality has in the lives of young people today. My teachers last year were so compelled by the movie, I'm being flown all expenses paid on Sunday to present it in San Diego. Watch all this Mars Volta business wander into my presentation...
Un-Seriousity
" in finland some outdoor paytoilets have those.. but if you get some .. amm .. "solid" waste on it.. it just smears it on the whole seat ring ;)" (comment on youtube)
So it's been a little more than a day since I woke up to find my mom apologizing to me and revealing to me that she agonizes over making sure her children don't go to hell. She told me this in a loving, motherly voice that didn't match the gravity of what she was talking about. My mom then put a cross which she had my name engraved, along with the a portrait of the Divine Mercy Jesus on the wall near my bed. This morning, I didn't know what to make of that.
Kind of ironic, since I found myself looking up both the literal and idiomatic translations of The Mars Volta's "Asilos Magdalena" and ended up looking up what Cedric and Omar had to say about the religious theme shrouding Amputecture after talking about the Berkeley show with Mark last night.
"This album's a commentary about the fear of God instead of the love of God, which goes hand-in-hand with Catholicism," he said. "To me, religion is the reason there is so much conflict in this world, and I think it's just so unnecessary to believe in this blue-eyed, white-bearded, white-haired God. Amputechture is my personal way of describing enlightenment, or just the celebration of this person who is a shaman and not a crazy person. It's about the pineal gland and how it has certain elements that mimic a DMT experience, and how we can come up with cures for cancer and AIDS if we're more in tune with what's going on in the rainforest."
- Mars Volta's Amputechture Inspired By Immigrant Marches, Possessed Nuns (07/25/06, Chris Harris)
Fear of God instead of the love of God.
Disheartening, a bit, looking back on what she said.
Even more ironically, I think I echoed similar sentiments on my senior project, which was a group documentary on the place that God/spirituality has in the lives of young people today. My teachers last year were so compelled by the movie, I'm being flown all expenses paid on Sunday to present it in San Diego. Watch all this Mars Volta business wander into my presentation...
Un-Seriousity
" in finland some outdoor paytoilets have those.. but if you get some .. amm .. "solid" waste on it.. it just smears it on the whole seat ring ;)" (comment on youtube)
