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[adrienmundi]

I've always kind of liked The Prophecy. Aside from the obvious reasons (Christopher Walken, a war between angels, etc.), what really made this memorable for me was Viggo Mortensen's portrayal of Lucifer, which is arguably the best I can recall ever seeing on screen. The defining moment for me was when he was explaining to Elias Koteas what damnation was really about:

"Do you know what hell is? It's being removed from god's sight."(1)

That's always stuck with me, despite being about as agnostic as you can find; (2) I think it was the sentiment with which I identified, not the specifics.

Today, pondering my relationship with aesthetics, that kept bubbling up from my subconscious. The applicability finally hit me, specifically in regards to that slight-to-sometimes-huge feeling of sadness/unfulfill-ed/-able longing that accompanies an appreciation of the beautiful. So, with appropriate substitutions:

"Do you know what hell is? It's being removed from the beautiful."

That pretty much sums it up, alright.





(1) paraphrasing from memory; forgive potential inaccuracies.
(2) a gnostic (wannabe) with no experience of gnosis

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[anansi133.livejournal.com]

I think most people make their arguments from a place of aesthetics, they believe in what is beautiful to them first. Then when they've made up their mind, that's when they invent rational arguments to support their ideas. But it's beauty that comes before truth.