Ziad Shihab

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Phoenix and Phoenices

Phoenix and Phoenices Copilot answers zas inquiry about "Phoenix" in mythology The oldest referent of the name "Phoenix" in mythology is associated with the ancient Egyptian Bennu bird. The name "Bennu" relates to the verb "weben," meaning "to rise brilliantly" or "to shine"⁴. This bird is often linked to the sun, creation, and rebirth. The Greek word "phoenix" could have been derived from the Mycenaean Greek "po-ni-ke," which may have meant "griffin" or "palm tree" and is believed to be a...

SHE RIPPLES HAPPILY

This body is a technoliving, multiconnected entity incorporating technology. Neither an organism or a machine, but ‘the fluid, dispersed, networking techno-organic-textual-mythic system.–Paul B. Preciado, Testo Junkie I feel lost, aimless, and tired as I click through the hypertext pages of Porpentine Charity Heartscape’s 2014 Twine narrative, With Those We Love Alive.1 I’m in the city, even though the pages all look the same. White text, pink links, sometimes purple ones, a blue gradient bac...

Summary of some interesting entries from the online dictionary of Symbols from University of Michigan

Sulfur as hellSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/sulfur.html Sulfur According to Christian legend, sulfur is associated with HELL and the Devil (Cooper, 1978), and is often referred to as brimstone. Up one level Back to document index ShadowSourceURL: http://websites.umich.edu/~umfandsf/symbolismproject/symbolism.html/S/shadow.html ShadowWith light, the shadow is the Chinese yin and yang; shadows are often identified with a person...

Purple Camouflage semiotics from Philosopher AI

What is the history of purple camouflage?Purple camouflage first appeared in the early 19th Century with a minor surge at the end of World War II. The idea behind purple was that it would be more effective against nature, though this did not prove to be correct, as it had much less effect than green. It also turned out that many of the original purples were too bright for use in war zones and so they faded easily on dead bodies or other objects after being exposed to sunlight.The next major d...

Ultraviolence: On Color Out Of Space And Adapting Lovecraft

After a 10-year hiatus, director Richard Stanley returns with Color Out Of Space, a technicolor nightmare-scape based on a short story by horror author HP Lovecraft. Stanley takes the 19th-century work, one written with scientific detachment, and creates an intensely emotional narrative fit for 21st-century horror cinema. A colour, unable to be classified or defined, has consumed the very thoughts of a family who have descended onto an ancestral land as a respite from the city. Madness descen...