faust and pignuts ~

more "oh brother" in the news: 'Faust' Opera Video Stirs Angry Parents

parent, Casey Goodwin, said, "I think it glorifies Satan in some way."

now i don't know if it's useful to show the opera of Faust to first graders, but here is clearly a parent who is objecting on total heresay and knows nothing of what the story is actually about. Faust is a moral cautionary parable about the seductive power of evil. it's a highly Christian work ~ to the point of being pedantic!

ignorance make me shake my head in wonder.

: o p

murnau's Faust (1925) is simply incredible. i once saw it with an industrial live band playing soundtrack and it was an amazing theatrical experience.



the archangel confronts the devil
in murnau's silent classic

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i'm writing. just a wee bit though. the gears are sorta stripping and the words and tumbling rather scattered and disorganized onto the page. today it's all about pignut hickory, chick peas and sorghum. i've never done botanical details well, so writing about a farm is a challenge. my main character has been citified for so long we've both forgotten his roots.

if i yield anything worth sharing, i may post it later (you are warned).

: D