Are Made of This
Ever find yourself trying to explore the depths of your soul? Try to dig in deep and see if you can discover what's at the core? I tried doing that, and my curious search yielded some fascinating results.I have always thought that I was always nearing the pinnacle of my supposed 'transformation' into a figure I had always wanted to be. An image I wanted to display. A unique representation of what I believe in and live. Turns out I was further away than I ever expected. I am, the uninitiated.
Part of this 'soul-searching' led me to do a little more research on a prominent figure known to many of us for his somewhat bizarre lifestyle. That's right. Dear Brian Hugh Warner, better known as Marilyn Manson.
One of the first questions that piqued my curiosity was wondering what had led him to make the choices he had made? What allowed him to grow into such a morbid spectacle? Unlike many of his detractors, I do not possess a shallow mind. I knew it had a pretty damn good reason and proper justification for his beliefs. This stretched beyond just the music.
I went through some of his albums, notably Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals & my personal favorite, Holy Wood (In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death). Interestingly, there is an entire storyline arch bridged in these three albums, following the tale of Adam and Coma White. It's all filled with metaphors and wonderful wordplay. It's all filled with intricate symbology and puzzles. To those who own a copy of Antichrist Superstar, found on the front of the album cover is a circle surrounded by the words Heart, Mind, Complacent, and Malice. If you fold the booklet just right you can also find the hidden words Heart, Mind, Complacent, and Malice made up of folding the words Heaven/Comfort, Minister/Fiend, Complaisant/Magnificent and Master/Lice respectively.
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