Creating stories involving fantasy religions is fun and for some folks tricky. Religion is a large part of the human experience, and you lose some great story potential if you choose to omit religion from your world. This post is not about the deities themselves. Great stories are about conflict and the darker side of human nature, so with that in mind, let's proceed with some basic design choices, then get into the juicy bits with followers, dogmas, sin, heresy, redemption, and crusades.
The exhibition “Keith Haring: Radiant Gambit” presents a more complicated — and certainly more interesting — take on an artist best known for his zippy visuals.
British artist Eileen Cooper releases new body of works that explores the darker side of humanity.
Part II of the the hub Freaks, Human Oddities, Freak Shows and Side Shows examines the darker side of freak shows.
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The Hollywood Reporter goes on set with season 5 of HBO's savage startup satire as Mike Judge, Alec Berg and their stars explore the suddenly under-fire digital industry and reveal the backstory behind Miller's departure: "T.J. wasn't LeBron."
Bertrand's novel tells the story of a Parisian garden that becomes a battleground for rival gangs. As the violence escalates, the garden's inhabitants are forced to confront their own fears and desires. This chilling and thought-provoking work explores the darker side of human nature and the blurred line between good and evil.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the \"public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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The Grantchester actor, 31,revealed there was a much darker side to the sudden boom in his career, admitting at one point he felt 'really lonely' while talking to British Vogue.
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Embrace the darker side of love with our Antique Gothic Romance Wall Art. This hauntingly beautiful oil painting depicts a skeleton cradling a human heart adorned with flowers. Perfect for dark academia and goth decor enthusiasts seeking unique, captivating art that captures the essence of love and mortality. Dare to decorate differently. 💀❤️
Multi-platinum selling artist Thirty Seconds to Mars makes a triumphant return with their sixth studio album, It's The End Of The World But It's A Beautiful Day. The record heralds a new era for the band, one that not only explores the darker sides of the human experience but the hope as well, an arresting reminder that even in the face of seemingly impossible obstacles, there is still beauty to be found in the world.Track List:Disc: 11. Stuck 2. Life Is Beautiful 3. Seasons 4. Get Up Kid 5. Love These Days 6. World on Fire 7. 7:1 8. Never Not Love You 9. Midnight Prayer 10. Lost These Days 11. Avalanche
Explore the darker side of humanity with exhibits on cults, cannibalism, true crime, and medical history—not for the faint of heart.
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The Shadow Mastery Diploma Course is your guide on your journey to integrate the shadow. Learn the Jung shadow theory and exercises to heal your darker side.
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The highly anticipated new book from Malcolm Gladwell, No.1 international bestselling author of The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw and David and Goliath The routine traffic stop that ends in tragedy. The spy who spends years undetected at the highest levels of the Pentagon. The false conviction of Amanda Knox. Why do we so often get other…
Ballerina's appear to live in a world distinct from the rest of the world. They create art with their dainty, impossibly small lines. They appear to fly across the stage in an unrealistic way, and cause an audience to gasp, jaw's opening in awe. Beyond the stage, the world of a ballerina is somewhat hidden. A professional ballerina spends a majority of her time rehearsing, spending hours upon hours in the studio working to achieve the perfection she so desires but deep down knows is impossible to reach. Many don't realize the darker world of being a ballerina, the pressure, the constant judgement, the harsh critique that one hears on the daily. When you enter the intense lifestyle of ballet, you begin to learn some of these secrets, one of which being the huge amount of smokers that make up this world. Percentage of Professional Ballerina's that Smoke: 45% Dancer Newark Star-Ledger said "I'd like to stop smoking, I have smoked for about 15 years. I was a dancer, and all dancers smoke, it's the most bizarre thing." 1) Dancers live in the moment. Ballet is a short career - most "die" their first death in their thirty's. Dedicating ones life so passionately to one thing that is only humanly possible to strive towards for a short period of time, proves that ballerina's care intensely about living in the moment and deriving pleasure from the now. Thinking about the damaging affects of smoking in the future becomes abstract to them. 2) Many ballerina's that I personally know believe that smoking aids to weight loss - something that is passionately sought for in the ballet world. Ballerina's are 7 times more likely to be anorexic than non-ballerinas. One needs - desires - stunning lines, and with beautiful lines classically comes skin and bones. Ballerina's are 7 times more likely to become anorexic than non-ballerinas. 3) Escape. Long rehearsal hours, stress, ones entire self dedicated to one thing. Smoking becomes an escape for many - especially when it becomes a culture within a ballet school and everyone begins to join it. 4) To create beauty on stage, one must dance with intense passion and feelings, and one can't do this without real life experiences. Smoking, drugs, sex, they all become outlets for these stories that can be re-created on stage as the beautiful art that you watch from the audience. 5) The physical demands of ballet dancing are insane. Training is intense 12 hours a day, and ballerina's/ballerino's are badass fitness masters. They have muscles in places you don't even know exist. This eludes to the notion that they are so fit they can abuse their bodies on occasion - and many do. Ballerina's don't smoke because they are bored, they do it because they need an escape, something outside of their rigorous routines. It's 2015 and everyone knows that smoking is detrimental to ones health, but so is manipulating your body to dance on bloch's and turn out for hours upon hours every day. To change the culture of smoking in the world of ballet, one must first delve into the deeper reasons of why they do what they do and the solution must be sensitive to the insanely passionate, detail orientated, ruthless desires of ballerinas. In a world where your constantly being told that you aren't good enough, skinny enough, strong enough, beautiful enough, one faces the impossible challenge to learn to love their bodies and themselves despite the critique - and until this happens, and even if it does, smoking will remain present in the secret world of professional ballerinas. What's your experience with smoking in the world of ballet? Did you realize it existed?
