Abishai100
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Isn't it interesting how consumerism has changed out perspective on craftsmanship (e.g., Toys 'R Us)?
This is an allegorical vignette about the special Hindu deity dynamic of Shiva-Kali and how it informs a modernism evaluation of symbolic commercial lifestyle 'items' such as the water-gun (a toy signifying 'adulthood training') and the Indian boti (a deadly/effective kitchen cutting-tool many Indian women use to make food-preparation like chain-mail).
Perhaps consumerism will alter our view of creative mobilization too...
Cheers,
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Shiva was on his mountaintop meditating and also enjoying reading Marvel comic books. Shiva was studying the modern social appeal of the Marvel super-villain Carnage, a 'synthesized' monster signifying pure malice and mayhem (and violence) and why youngsters/kids found him so...exciting! Shiva decided that consumerism had created a special 'vantage-point' toward the 'potency' of crafted items/figurines such as Carnage, water-guns, and baseball trading-cards. Shiva concluded specifically that water-guns must signify a modern appreciation of 'controlled factory-like creative exchange.'
To challenge Shiva's 'assumptions,' his wife and sometime rival Kali (arguably the supreme goddess of female rage) decided to probe Shiva about his conclusions regarding consumerism, commercial-culture, capitalism 'craftsmanship,' and of course, creativity itself. Kali suggested to Shiva that while American youngsters were fascinated by action-oriented 'figurines' such as Carnage (Marvel Comics) and thrill-themed consumer-items such as toy water-guns, anthropologists and historians were equally invested in analyzing the cultural 'precision/relevance' of hygiene-oriented commercial creations such as Marvel's super-villain Kingpin (a tycoon representing the 'intuition' of profiteerism) and the Indian boti (a deadly but effective kitchen cutting-tool many laboring Indian women used).
SHIVA: Water-guns are not 'childish' but rather very symbolic!
KALI: True, but the Indian boti reminds us that consumers also seek 'clinical functionality.'
SHIVA: I think consumerism artifacts remind society of its 'desire' for mercantile networking.
KALI: Yes, but these artifacts (water-guns, botis, etc.) also symbolize social education.
SHIVA: Are you suggesting that imagination is separate from intelligence?
KALI: As far as commerce goes, toys symbolize labor (Kingpin) or courage (Carnage).
SHIVA: There must be a 'link' between labor and courage...
KALI: Well, Americans idolize the labor-union pioneer Jimmy Hoffa, so it is spiritual.
SHIVA: Why don't more educators tell students about the 'training qualities' of capitalism?
KALI: Little girls playing with dollhouses and boys playing with toy-trucks imagine adulthood.
SHIVA: That's why the real-estate fantasy board-game Monopoly (Parker Brothers) shines.
KALI: Monopoly is an appealing iPhone video-game app now...
SHIVA: Every Halloween, numerous American kids consider the value of their avatar-masks!
KALI: Popular 'folk-avatars' such as Frankenstein and Freddy Krueger symbolize dollhouses.
SHIVA: Maybe consumerism itself is a 'giant dollhouse.'
KALI: Isn't that why Wal-Mart and CVS are so successful --- they make shopping 'exercise'!?
SHIVA: I like collecting figurine-dolls of professional wrestlers such as the Undertaker.
KALI: You don't have to tell me about your 'toy-chest.'
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This is an allegorical vignette about the special Hindu deity dynamic of Shiva-Kali and how it informs a modernism evaluation of symbolic commercial lifestyle 'items' such as the water-gun (a toy signifying 'adulthood training') and the Indian boti (a deadly/effective kitchen cutting-tool many Indian women use to make food-preparation like chain-mail).
Perhaps consumerism will alter our view of creative mobilization too...
Cheers,
====
Shiva was on his mountaintop meditating and also enjoying reading Marvel comic books. Shiva was studying the modern social appeal of the Marvel super-villain Carnage, a 'synthesized' monster signifying pure malice and mayhem (and violence) and why youngsters/kids found him so...exciting! Shiva decided that consumerism had created a special 'vantage-point' toward the 'potency' of crafted items/figurines such as Carnage, water-guns, and baseball trading-cards. Shiva concluded specifically that water-guns must signify a modern appreciation of 'controlled factory-like creative exchange.'
To challenge Shiva's 'assumptions,' his wife and sometime rival Kali (arguably the supreme goddess of female rage) decided to probe Shiva about his conclusions regarding consumerism, commercial-culture, capitalism 'craftsmanship,' and of course, creativity itself. Kali suggested to Shiva that while American youngsters were fascinated by action-oriented 'figurines' such as Carnage (Marvel Comics) and thrill-themed consumer-items such as toy water-guns, anthropologists and historians were equally invested in analyzing the cultural 'precision/relevance' of hygiene-oriented commercial creations such as Marvel's super-villain Kingpin (a tycoon representing the 'intuition' of profiteerism) and the Indian boti (a deadly but effective kitchen cutting-tool many laboring Indian women used).
SHIVA: Water-guns are not 'childish' but rather very symbolic!
KALI: True, but the Indian boti reminds us that consumers also seek 'clinical functionality.'
SHIVA: I think consumerism artifacts remind society of its 'desire' for mercantile networking.
KALI: Yes, but these artifacts (water-guns, botis, etc.) also symbolize social education.
SHIVA: Are you suggesting that imagination is separate from intelligence?
KALI: As far as commerce goes, toys symbolize labor (Kingpin) or courage (Carnage).
SHIVA: There must be a 'link' between labor and courage...
KALI: Well, Americans idolize the labor-union pioneer Jimmy Hoffa, so it is spiritual.
SHIVA: Why don't more educators tell students about the 'training qualities' of capitalism?
KALI: Little girls playing with dollhouses and boys playing with toy-trucks imagine adulthood.
SHIVA: That's why the real-estate fantasy board-game Monopoly (Parker Brothers) shines.
KALI: Monopoly is an appealing iPhone video-game app now...
SHIVA: Every Halloween, numerous American kids consider the value of their avatar-masks!
KALI: Popular 'folk-avatars' such as Frankenstein and Freddy Krueger symbolize dollhouses.
SHIVA: Maybe consumerism itself is a 'giant dollhouse.'
KALI: Isn't that why Wal-Mart and CVS are so successful --- they make shopping 'exercise'!?
SHIVA: I like collecting figurine-dolls of professional wrestlers such as the Undertaker.
KALI: You don't have to tell me about your 'toy-chest.'
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