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Re: Moses is Dead
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Tue, 27 May 2003 01:01:45 GMT
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In lugnet.build.ancient, Brendan Powell Smith writes:
> Not really wanting to start a religious debate either, but out of curiosity,
> do you feel that I am overemphasizing the brutal aspects of these particular
> stories? Or is it my choice of which stories from Leviticus, Numbers, and
> Deuteronomy to illustrate which overemphasizes the brutal?
I guess it's more in the selection of the stories. You seem to have chosen
each of these stories and left out others, which is, of course, your option. I
just don't think it's been completely unbiased. Also, the story title
"Instructions for Genocide" is fairly inflammatory.
> > God kills 24000: That idol is great. Very good use of some odd parts.
> > What is the part at the very top?
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> That's the back of a minifig headgear from the Islanders line:
Of course. I don't have one of those and had never seen in turned backwards.
How did you attach it? Did you just have a head inside, or did you use those
handle things on the side?
> > Instructions: Eh. Not much here. It kind of reminds me of the stories from
> > Mt. Sinai that were all talking cloud.
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> At least with Moses talking, I can try to pose him in dramatic ways and use
> props in his hands to further emote. The cloud is just kind of there.
Oh, I do agree that you get some good camera angles and Moses' gestures. Just
from an action standpoint there's not much here.
> Then again, with his big gray beard, Moses can't even turn his head.
> Neither can the Yahweh minifig for that matter. This has made conversations
> between the two of them a little challenging to pose.
I've run into that with Gandalf. You can turn the head a little and get a bit
of a sideways glance, but that's about it.
> (I'm guessing
> we'll agree to disagree on the amount of emphasis it deserves.)
I should add that I do think this is a point that needs to be discussed. It's
just that when it is being emphasized by someone who does not ascribe to the
religion it feels like an attack.
> > On across the Jordan!
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> I'm still deciding what direction to go next. Part of me wants to march
> right on across the Jordan with more narrative stories. Part of me is
> tempted to do a whole section illustrating examples of The Law as dictated
> by Moses. And part of me is tempted to add a little more to the New
> Testament side of things.
I'd certainly love to see your take on more poetic things. There is lots of
great imagery in the Psalms, Prophets, and in Revelations. Maybe if you want
to take a break from the straight narrative you could go there.
I would like to see your illustrations of the Law, though. Anyway, keep up the
great MOCing.
Bruce
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| (...) In general, with The Brick Testament, I readily admit to a bias in choosing which stories to illustrate. I think any Bible illustrator is going to bring a bias to their story-selection. But I would say that for the section of the Bible I am (...) (21 years ago, 29-May-03, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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| (...) Hi, Bruce. (...) Thank you, sir. (...) Not really wanting to start a religious debate either, but out of curiosity, do you feel that I am overemphasizing the brutal aspects of these particular stories? Or is it my choice of which stories from (...) (21 years ago, 26-May-03, to lugnet.build.ancient)
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