Digital environment design sketch. A kind of Muslimesque Petra. Still under construction the people go to pray in the cavernous halls. The holiest and highest priest pray in the catacombs further up the mountains.
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3 comments:
Mmmm. Reminds me of a talk I heard about meditation. In religion, there exists two planes. Imagine the x-axis as different religions, sects, denominations, churches, etc. The y-axis would be esoteric at the top and exoteric at the bottom. The exoteric person concerns themselves with buildings, ritualistic details, logistics, capital campaigns, etc., while the esoteric persons meditates, prays, reads scripture, fasts, etc. The mystic. Esoteric types are often shunned, yet later receive honor for their devotion to G-d. So I see your description of the people and priest in that way. I think using this "graph" to think of our characters might be interesting.
That's a cool idea. Tools that help my way too linear western mind to understand how to store more abstract thought are always welcome. Though, unless I'm missing a larger picture, this really only helps classify someone right - only telling us what religion one is and how they maintain it. Can we assume anything else?
That's how it was presented, identifying a person's attitude or approach their religion. I think in terms of character building, it helps me more than it helps you, looking at the continuum between the poles. But maybe... I think it's fair to say that everything needs both of these extremes and infinite positions in between. The lawn needs to be cut. Poems need to be written. Rituals introduce new devotees to the faith. On a larger scale, these actions fit into the grid, though the person doing them really dictates the position. (A mystic may be happier cutting the grass, for example.) But what if we applied each chapter, or maybe just portions of each chapter, to this idea, and used the art to reflect that?
Basically, exoteric sections are clearer and more defined, while esoteric passages are blurry, more ethereal. Thoughts?
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