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So, I did more a'pondering as I am so often wont to do. Though this pondering was more a result of the two Sandman graphic novels I've read: Dream Hunters and Endless Nights. The Sandman series is written by Neil Gaiman, who is a most excellent writer, with various artists, sometimes. Now, in order for you to get this journal, I should explain who the Endless are. There are seven of them: Death, Despair, Dream, Delirium (Who once was Delight), Destruction, Desire, and Destiny. You may think of them as gods or goddesses of what they represent but that would be wrong. Dream is not the god of dreams. He is Dream, or a personification of dreams. Now, each of these characters are different. If you wish to know their personalities and how the look, look it up on wikipedia. I'm too lazy to explain.
Now, this entry concerns Death in particular. Death, long ago, was not very nice, but later on she became a nicer person. I find this comforting. I mean, I feel a lot more accepting of death if I think that there's going to be a young woman dressed in gothic sort of clothing who is nice, waiting to lead me. However odd that last sounded, it sort of comforts me. Now, I am agnostic, sort of, bordering on atheistic, so I feel sort of weird being comforted by this. And I don't actually believe it. But I believe it would be very cool if the Endless were real. And I also know that no matter what I say I never will actually believe it. I don't think whatever is out there, if anything, can be defined by human terms. Even as I'm typing this, though, my beliefs slightly change.
In the Sandman comics, Dream's appearance changes depending on who is speaking to. (Since he is usually speaking to people in their dreams, if at all) For example, the Dream Hunters, which is sort of done in a Japanese folklore style but isn't actually based on Japanese folklore, there is a fox spirit, and in her dreams she sees Dream, or Morpheus as he is at the time, as a giant, black fox. The monk, however, sees him as a Japanese man.
I believe it is possible, that if there is something out there, it or he or she or they appear as we perceive them to be. That is, a Christian might perceive them to be God. Now what might an atheist perceive? A scientific equation proving the entity's existence? I have no idea. But perception is a funny thing. Perhaps after we die, we'll all see exactly what we were excepting to, or what we were waiting for.
 dalia salvd · Tue Jan 13, 2009 @ 02:23am · 0 Comments |
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