Tag: profane

  • Gravity of the Profane

    Gravity of the Profane

    Punk rockers look better dark but that’s just my opinion. Ah, favour visual appearance keeping with music style? I think a granny would be well suited to do death metal if she had the stamina for it. Ozzie is a grandpa, I think, and he’s still cool. He is. He has gotten mellower in his…

  • Either Sacred or Profane

    Either Sacred or Profane

    How long can you keep your eyes fixed to your ideals? How rigidly can you hold to your beliefs? Until life gets a little rough. I don’t know. My beliefs are changing all the time. It’s difficult. Often, beliefs are formulated because there is something we feel we should avoid or abstain from. We define…

  • Congealed Blood

    Congealed Blood

    The sacred is the lifeblood of the world. When people of any culture praise whatever vision of divinity they revere, they praise that divinity for the gifts of life itself. “This is my blood… Drink it” would have been enormously offensive to the 1st century Jews because only Jehovah gets to drink blood. Excellent point.…

  • Line Between Sacred and Profane Arts

    Line Between Sacred and Profane Arts

    Today’s subject is not just about general mania, and mania isn’t as dramatic or obvious as people might think. There is a condition medical types refer to as hypomania. The person is generally very much in control of themselves, just very focused and ambitious with intense emotional states cropping up, but again no loss of…