tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post3052154848466168437..comments2024-01-27T00:42:48.097-08:00Comments on Renaissance Oaf: Ten-In-One Part Two: "Do You Believe In Morticians?"Sean Cravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763869499494698057noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-48123696195155814922009-07-20T10:24:11.699-07:002009-07-20T10:24:11.699-07:00ΤΗΕ comment was actually yours in rudys blog. just...ΤΗΕ comment was actually yours in rudys blog. just forgot to mark " "The idea is based on the Asian concept of the 'hungry ghost,' 'someone who was greedy in life and suffers the torments of perverse hunger after death.' <br /><br />i agree with this kind of, story. its impossible for me personally ever look any scary movies..but theoretically this is the thing..some of it near some kind of reality:)dudiviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06722293949978913107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-66868047202796355002009-07-20T06:02:52.547-07:002009-07-20T06:02:52.547-07:00And is it just me, or is there something kind of w...And is it just me, or is there something kind of weird about the tone and subject of these comments when contrasted with the tone and subject of the post?<br /><br />Wheeeee!Sean Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763869499494698057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-8270147983873900142009-07-20T05:07:51.100-07:002009-07-20T05:07:51.100-07:00Hey, Ninni!
Well, just to make it perfectly clear...Hey, Ninni!<br /><br />Well, just to make it perfectly clear, this isn't my idea of what life and death are actually like -- this is part of the background for a novel that has lots of monster fights in it.<br /><br />And it's there to explain some of the monsters.<br /><br />The idea is based on the Asian concept of the 'hungry ghost,' someone who was greedy in life and suffers the torments of perverse hunger after death.<br /><br />I expanded and shifted the idea a little bit in order to make it fit the themes of my story more closely.<br /><br />In my novel, if someone dies with their lives uncompleted in a way that makes their lives wasted or tragic, they run the risk of becoming a ghost.<br /><br />If that happens there are two ways in which ghosts can be removed from the world. The first is through an act of supernatural violence (and you'll have to read the novel in order to find out about that) and the other is through exposure to art of one kind or another.<br /><br />Music is particularly effective, since (for the purposes of the story) souls are musical in nature -- they are singing balls of flame, and they can be caught up in rhythm, they can be brought into harmony.<br /><br />The other art that will be shown at work will be a sculpted garden where souls can lose themselves and find themselves changed enough by the beauty around them to move on.<br /><br />Again, this is fiction -- but it is reflective of some of my beliefs about life. I think we should always make sure the people around us know how much we care for them. I think that art does take us out of ourselves and acts to expand us. And I think there is something tragic and wasted in a life without purpose. The idea of the ghosts is just a way of dramatizing that perspective.<br /><br />Also, I use 'em as an excuse for monster fights. Because I'm not writing a whole novel unless I get to write monster fights.Sean Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763869499494698057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-69727479504077955662009-07-20T01:22:24.646-07:002009-07-20T01:22:24.646-07:00If an organism dies in a state of profound need or...If an organism dies in a state of profound need or longing — one more severe than the standard-issue strife we all deal with — its soul may need assistance in order to be able to let go of its identity. Art, especially music, is the healthy, non-destructive means of encouraging this release. Art takes us out of ourselves; it does the same for souls.<br /><br />what do you meen with this..from rudys blog<br /><br />should we dye in a sertain Waydudiviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06722293949978913107noreply@blogger.com