Thursday, October 14, 2010
CHAPTER 14
Schlain discussed in this chapter how first generations or cultures, of which the alphabet took shape. As well with differen't cultures and or generations there would be change, which both were very radically differen't. The Israelites changed images because they were very approved that art polluted the purity of Yahweh's written words. They were very unique in our history because of not leaving a trace of a national art style. The Greek Culture raised images to a state that was subliminal that they became our standard then by which Western world judged the accolades for art for most of it's history. This is always "big" according to Schlain discussed in not only thi schapter but many other chapters as well how images and pictures were the meanings of the way how life was generated through communication, and how ceratin generations got stuff across through images in written languages through there alphabet. How you interpret things in the Old Testsment were extremely differen't now, here's an example. (132-133)
Kallignotos swore to Ionis that no one, man or woman, would ever be dearer to him than she-But now he is heated by male fire, and the poor girl-isn't in the picture any more. --Meleagros, fourth century B.C. Greek poet
Boy's sweat has a finer smell than anything in a women's makeup box. --Achilles Tatius, second century A.D. Greek writer
Schlain also spoke about homsexuality, and how much that it was tolerated. The Israelites didn't tolerate it. It was a law called the Mosaic law declared it an "abomination," which is a biblical term saved for acts to be beyond the pale. The suppressed forms of sexuality that did not result in kids was understandable among a fledgling people trying to to bring forth the national identity in a disruptive environment. The Greeks did not live by this inspite the similarties. Maybe because the Greeks did not have to obey a Second Commandment that banished images. Differen't cultures both seem to have differen't perceptions of things, sometime it can be similar as well. Now to sum up this chapter it all goes back to the alplabet, and how cultures developed certain affinity for each other. The Greeks love of both sexuality and imagery collided with Israelites repudiation of sexual freedom and visual representation as well. Which set the stage for centuries between two principles contributuions to Western Culture. Schlain said that our civilization is the Schizophrenic only child of these "fathers", each of whom brought unique aspects to the union. No culture has yet provided a satisfactory explanation for the prevalence of homosexuality and bisexuality in Greek society. The phenomenon has just never been repeated in any culture. Just when intellectual pursuits became transcendent in Greek society and whem the Goddess was just being able to get seen. I suggest that masculinizing effects of alphabet literacy was responsible for all these events. All of these things are cultural influences that have similarties, and some differences. For the good, and the bad. Which leads me to my question.
Do you think the Greeks, and Israelites would understand better meanings through what we do now adays, opposed to how they got certain meanings acrossed for example: images? What are similarities, and differences?
Kallignotos swore to Ionis that no one, man or woman, would ever be dearer to him than she-But now he is heated by male fire, and the poor girl-isn't in the picture any more. --Meleagros, fourth century B.C. Greek poet
Boy's sweat has a finer smell than anything in a women's makeup box. --Achilles Tatius, second century A.D. Greek writer
Schlain also spoke about homsexuality, and how much that it was tolerated. The Israelites didn't tolerate it. It was a law called the Mosaic law declared it an "abomination," which is a biblical term saved for acts to be beyond the pale. The suppressed forms of sexuality that did not result in kids was understandable among a fledgling people trying to to bring forth the national identity in a disruptive environment. The Greeks did not live by this inspite the similarties. Maybe because the Greeks did not have to obey a Second Commandment that banished images. Differen't cultures both seem to have differen't perceptions of things, sometime it can be similar as well. Now to sum up this chapter it all goes back to the alplabet, and how cultures developed certain affinity for each other. The Greeks love of both sexuality and imagery collided with Israelites repudiation of sexual freedom and visual representation as well. Which set the stage for centuries between two principles contributuions to Western Culture. Schlain said that our civilization is the Schizophrenic only child of these "fathers", each of whom brought unique aspects to the union. No culture has yet provided a satisfactory explanation for the prevalence of homosexuality and bisexuality in Greek society. The phenomenon has just never been repeated in any culture. Just when intellectual pursuits became transcendent in Greek society and whem the Goddess was just being able to get seen. I suggest that masculinizing effects of alphabet literacy was responsible for all these events. All of these things are cultural influences that have similarties, and some differences. For the good, and the bad. Which leads me to my question.
Do you think the Greeks, and Israelites would understand better meanings through what we do now adays, opposed to how they got certain meanings acrossed for example: images? What are similarities, and differences?
