Blue Dress

This is the version of the song I was more interested in...

Paradise...?

It's a little small, but the original comic is here

Pilgrim's Progress

Natalie asked everyone to take a look The Pilgrim's Progress to get a feel for the language and story -

Here's the Wikipedia link for a summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilgrim's_Progress

and here you can take a look at the actual text, in one of several different formats: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bunyan/pilgrim.html



On the left is a fairly typical type of illustration. You could also envision the allegorical tale of a Christian (called 'Christian', creatively enough) journeying through the world in this way:

Like I always say: If there aren't swords, why bother?

The Message

Here's what the directors (and dramaturg) have discussed and plan to use as the main message/point/question of the production:

Is 'Paradise' really paradise? Can paradise only be found through disobedience/sin?

 - this deals with the associated themes of opposites (men/women, angels/demons, darkness/light, etc...) and consequences (sin/redemption, etc...)
- it also touches on the idea that Satan's 'triumph' in tempting mankind is actually part of the overall plan; that knowing the difference between good and evil and recognizing imperfection is necessary to understanding/creating paradise.

Frankenstein + Eve = ???

Set design? Maybe?

The race to create life from scratch is underway - and there are those who think they've almost got it.

The BBC talks about Creating Life in A Laboratory. It may be a while longer before it's intelligent life, though...

Now think it through, Eve - hair-wise, it's a classic choice.

I just included this because he's cute.

A Point

Mark Twain said: 'Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.'

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Text

I've now added several pages (right side of blog, under the picture) with writings from Mark Twain, a short play by George Bernard Shaw, Creation Stories from various belief systems, the Creation of Adam and Eve from the Bible... check them out!

Temptation

William Blake - The Temptation and Fall of Eve