Goya and The Goat Satan.
Rebellion to authority, and new ways of worship
Words and characteristics change with times, and with the evolving — or “progressing” — of societies. And Satan too, changes. A young-ish Italian guy with a funny red hat meets an older poet in a forest, soon, a series of trials and philosophical questioning and answering bring him upon the unspeakable: Satan. Though he does describe him. He describes him as:
Satan is portrayed as a giant demon, frozen mid-breast in ice at the center of Hell. Satan has three faces and a pair of bat-like wings affixed under each chin. — -The wonderful world of Wikipedia
Physically, Satan too changes, both depending on the person describing him (her?) and which form Lucifer takes possession of. Taken with gender studies, I would like to use the idea that like the construct of what a woman is changes with time, so does that of the devil, or more broadly, evil.
Flesh eating, darkness bearing, soul caring, soul torturing, promoting sex, promoting unprotected sex, whispering in women’s ears, tempting us, now maybe a promoter of hate, envy, anger. A new world order? Jeff Bezos?
But what about, a Prometheus? Someone who challenges set authorities? A promoter of freedom. Freedom of course being a much complex subject in and of itself… but why, why…
