WandaVision Echoes Mythology To Explain How Grief and Love Persevere
The Marvel TV show s portrayal of grief and loss brings to mind the Egyptian myth of the goddess Isis searching for the dismembered body parts of her murdered husband Osiris.
A promotional image for WandaVision . Photo: Disney
During a flashback scene in Marvelâs Disney Plus show
WandaVision, the superpowered android Vision comforts his wife, Wanda Maximoff, after the death of her twin brother. âBut what is grief,â he tells her, âif not love persevering?â
The line has become famous among Marvel fans and inspired an internet meme. But it also neatly summarises the events of the show. Later, distraught over Visionâs death after battling the villain Thanos, Wanda uses her magic powers to bring a version of him back to life. He becomes her husband in a sitcom fantasy world of her own creation. In order to establish this dream world, Wanda pulls an entire town of people into her mag
Five Mystical Forests of Europe
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Europe is an ancient place. Its history has many layers that have all left their mark on the land. Tales and legends have organically accumulated throughout the ages. And some places have acquired eerie and mysterious reputations.
Forests are among such places. Already in the middle ages, they were the favored stage for encounters with the atypical and cathartic life lessons. In both knightly tales and fairy tales, they represented the possibility of danger, as well as revelation and magic. It is no wonder that hermits often retreated into them, away from society, seeking suffering, but also the possibility of spiritual enlightenment.
Online exhibition proposes an about-turn in economic thinking: Not growth, but balance in nature
De Afbreekeconomie. Photo: Roel van Tour.
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.- Bringing the maelstrom of plastic pollution to a halt requires us to think outside the box: How do you eventually break down what you are producing right now? On April 8, Dutch art Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen launched The Breakdown Economy, a bio-based response to the pollution of the fossil-based economy. This online exhibition proposes an about-turn in economic thinking: Not growth, but balance in nature.
You can now make a virtual visit to the online exhibition The Breakdown Economy till December 31st 2021. At the invitation of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Studio Klarenbeek & Dros and the artists collective Atelier Van Lieshout present a vision for an alternative production chain. One is realistic; the other is provocative. In addition, designers Koehorst in t Veld have created a graphic installation that reve