:: Papal Fodder/butterfly circuit/droplet/a pitiful resurrection ::
by tomas, Crucibelle, tulibo, and jakedrews
::| an.exquisite.corpse : discussion : 8 |::
I think this is an excellent corpse! Good work by all!
This corpse carries a pronounced science-versus-religion theme. (Science wins.)
It's complex, yet crisp, they way I like my beer.
The blends are skillful. And, there are butterflies. And the big blue-purple one is being distilled into its butterfly-DNA-essence --the antidote to the "pitiful resurection," with the "Eye of God" peeking in (also known as the Helix Nebula, or NGC 7293). Fantastic!
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Ctrl-Alt-Delvis at July 12, 2006 8:51 AM
Yeah, what Delvis^^ said. Really cool.
The purple background transition at the end echoes the butterfly's colors well. Nice work.
mattb at July 12, 2006 8:56 AM
Mmm. Digital pope.
moonroof at July 12, 2006 3:57 PM
Wow, this one turned out great!
I really have to give props to tulibo - your transition from my slice is flawless... just perfect! =)
Crucibelle at July 12, 2006 4:18 PM
mmmph. My section seems a bit ponderous. It's literally & figuratively the basement of this corpse.
Nice job everybody!
Religion vs. science - ha - I like that, Del.
jakedrews at July 12, 2006 4:42 PM
Joy.
"A Pitiful Resurrection" is the best slice title I have seen. The scope of this corpse is huge, and the execution breathtaking. Congratulations, everyone.
Patrick Beverley at July 12, 2006 6:34 PM
jakedrews -- I don't think your piece is "ponderous" in a bad way, only in a good way. To me, it conjures a prison of the soul. The peace and freedom of the vast blue skies that we yearn for are visible, but well out of reach due to the formidable barriers present. How can we ever transcend those barriers? Which can be our true savior, science or religion? The infants, or fetuses, recall to my mind the Star-Child from "2001: A Space Odyssey" (Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick). The Star-Child is, for me, a sci-fi metaphor for messianic transcendence, placed in a rational or scientific context. For others he is the Nietzschean metaphor of mankind metamorphosing from the primitive (religion) to the superman (science). And here he is, staring into the "Eye of God," which, in reality, is just a popular name for the Helix Nebula, producing prodigious dual meanings and ambiguous layerings, some of the essences of good art. The improbability of a science-religion theme intertwining, mingling, and meshing in ways like this is amazing, and we haven't yet thoroughly discussed the circuit diagrams, the inscrutable Greek, the Pythagorean Theorem, and the glowing dude with the funky light-saber and funny hat.
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Ctrl-Alt-Delvis at July 13, 2006 11:55 PM
Del, (1) nice theme summary, very insightful; (2) i google searched 2001 to get the infant image; and (3) that IS a funny hat.
jakedrews at July 14, 2006 2:17 PM
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