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Not for the Faint Hearted
I came across this video which is in 22 parts, regarding subliminal messages promoted in music videos and films. An American, Lenon Honor analyses two video clips in this 22 part series which is both shocking and enlightening. It makes one understand why certain individuals do not listen to music or watch certain music videos and films.
Each part is around 10 minutes long and going through each part is worth it, just to understand another point of view on the subliminal messages all around us.
This is not for the faint hearted, the very young and it contains sexual references and music. I wouldn’t watch this before bed time if you scare easily.
But it is all done with the purpose of analysing the shocking truth we must come to realise, if we haven’t already. While not every single thing is necessarily agreed with in this series, most of it is awe-inspiring and leaves you with this question: What are you going to do with this information now that you have been handed the truth?
The link to the play list is here.
Reach for the Stars
When I first took this photograph in Egypt a few years ago, I wasn’t aware that I’d be looking at my computer screen, musing over the symbolic message staring right back at me; “commercialism reaches the poor”.
The two were standing outside a block of flats with their father, a common sight in parts of town where each block of apartments have their own “concierge”. They usually come from outside of Cairo to earn a living in the busy capital.
Ironically enough, the poverty-stricken North African boy reaches for the “stars”, for a sip of the West; a sip of capitalism, a sip of commercialism; a sip of PEPSI, a multi-million dollar corporation. And although the edited image is black and white, PEPSI was left in colour because it is so clearly the center of each child’s attention and desire.
It’s obvious the girl has had a taste of it; a taste of the power; the materialistic richness; the luxury of commercialism. She simply won’t let go-, the taste of new-found freedom is just too good to share.
The picture also poses another symbolic message. The girl may symbolise the capitalist West, looming over the young African boy. She gives a teasing glimpse of the luxuries capitalism can offer, but not in the interest of the poor.
This happens while the young boy, desperate for “freedom”, adamantly tugs at her skirt, reaching for the stars. The stars that are just out of his limits in a world ruled by the rich and powerful.
