#eve eating the apple

[burstsofenergy]

Honestly... I did not expect so many biblical references in Naruto... I was simply watching the anime and in the middle of this epic battle I am suddenly confronted with the story of Eve eating the damn apple in the garden of Eden?

I am not a theology student, so I don't know much about the theological value or theological interpretations... but I know about the philosophical implications in this story, especially from a feminist viewpoint. And really, I feel as if Kishimoto is trying to pull all possible strings here. As if he is begging for a deep feminist discussion of his writing.

And I am not even looking into the logic of this sudden reveal or how it fits into the established world that he had built up 'til this point. Or how he introduced this to the reader/viewer

[amaliadillin]

The way this sculpture/maquette is transformed, becoming a totally different pose from the other side, has haunted me for YEARS. From the first time I came across this Rodin “Eve Eating the Apple” I have been absolutely HAUNTED by it. From kneeling calmly to writhing in agony--I would have dearly loved to see the finished piece.

I found this one in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, which has an incredible collection of sculpture within its walls. Not quite on par with the Met for Antiquities, but their collection of less ancient art is still showstopping.

photos by me.

[agentc0rn]

Love it when there's cool™ folks with extensive historical knowledge of lore and ancient lineages who have gone through losses and sought questionable ways of achieving their goals + having indirect connection to their respective beings of worship

[tinycowboyart]

Painting of Nova <33

Anyways ramblings about the painting in the tags as always

[nobodymitskigabriel]

I know I've said that Gabriel would be such a great archangel mentor to Jack but I take that back he would do that dad thing where they just say the wildest shit so matter-of-factly and Jack knows fuck all about heaven so he takes it all at face value.

[tyrantchimera]

So, uh.... anyone gonna talk about the fact that the tree of knowledge is A) the only tree in the garden of Eden depicted as being red (which is associated with evil in this intro story) and B) the only tree with very visible ROOTS?!?

Like, the roots of all evil? Literally??

No? Just me? Ah well.

[thret-rhett]

Adam, Eve, and Lilith. they’re my ocs now more lore in tags

[alxlxlx]

look i got no excuse for this just have herb eating an apple sluttily

[mistydragonflyart]

This is a continuation of the drawing of Eve I did a few months ago. In the tags I talked about having this idea of portraying Adam and Eve as kids outgrowing their mother aka god, and that idea would not leave my mind so here we are. And yes, I did forget that Adam and Eve are technically lovers but in my head they're siblings and no one can stop me.

Anyways, this was technically supposed to be just a warm up but I keep losing the plot with these. I was futsing so much that I thought I would finish it another time but my brain wouldn't let me so I got carried away.

[roseworth]

NEW DISCOURSE TOPIC: did god violate the geneva convention by giving collective punishment to all women for eve’s sin

[raining-anonymously]

this is pedantic as shit but those “all of you saying ‘i would not make the same mistakes as the tragic person in this myth’ are lying. yes you would” annoy me. you don’t know me. you don’t know my autistic decision making process. you don’t know my paranoia. if i were icarus, newly released from imprisonment and flying on fucking wings, i would be TERRIFIED. i would do everything my dad said. i’m not saying i am better than icarus, i am saying i can barely DRIVE without a panic attack and i constantly have to force myself to go fast enough on highways, and you think i’d fly higher up than what an adult told me was safe??? absolutely the fuck not. no.

as for orpheus, yeah idk. i appreciate those posts about how he looked back for LOVE and not out of stupidity or any other reason, but once again, i am AUTISTIC and PARANOID and probably got a bit of OCD as well, we’re still figuring that one out, but anyway, i would follow those rules to the LETTER. then if i’ve been tricked it wasn’t my fault! but if they told me the truth and i didn’t listen, that’s on me, that’s my fault. can’t take that risk. i am not saying orpheus was wrong (though, in a literal sense, he was), i am saying this is not how my brain works. i would not look back because my brain follows rules if they make sense. deals make sense. do this thing i tell you and i’ll give you what you want makes sense. i would not look back. i’m fucked up in slightly different ways than the gods and tumblr expected.

i would have eaten the apple in the garden, though (because that’s a rule that DOESN’T make sense and i have no proof consequences will occur).

i used too many words in this but i have to make sure everyone understands i am being literal here.

[p3tty-grl]

Ao3 pls come back to me or take me with you !!!! Is this what people feel like when they’re stranded on an island ???

[studyingscribbles]

why must women suffer through the agony of period cramps

[hellwurld]

i'm a little tired of biblical retellings where eve and lucifer fuck. like idk call me crazy but if some guy lied to me, manipulated me into eating an apple and giving my husband some, which ended up having me and my guy kicked out of heaven and the beginning of all human suffering put upon us i'd be pissed. like yo i'm four days old why did u lie to me. what's your deal asshole.

[skittikyu]

In the story of Cain and Able, both brothers offer the fruits of their labor, yet God prefers Able's lamb fat to Cain's bundle of grain.

Supposedly this is because the latter didn't have as much thought and effort put into it as the former. Why is that? Is it because, rather than a haphazard harvest of wheat, he sacrificed his first sheep of his flock, that he likely raised by hand, looked after, had to find the resolve to slaughter, knowing he'd be depriving a being that loved him and he cared for from its- and by extension, his -life by his own hands?

Was Cain's motive for humanity's first murder merely jealousy, or an application of that lesson learned?

[everysongineverykey]

so-called doomerists when "If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boy and his dog and his friends. And a summer that never ends. And if you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot... no, imagine a sneaker, laces trailing, kicking a pebble; imagine a stick, to poke at interesting things, and throw for a dog that may or may not decide to retrieve it; imagine a tuneless whistle, pounding some luckless popular song into insensibility; imagine a figure, half angel, half devil, all human... Slouching hopefully towards Tadfield. ...for ever."