Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Lambchop "Is a Woman" Analysis

In Lambchops, "Is a Woman" video he uses Eliade's ideas such as, aboltion of past time, restoration of primordial chaos and repition of cosmogonic act as he expresses the theme of life. He begins the video with the last leaf of fall falling from a tree and quickly it becomes winter, which signifies death and also ends profane time. The leaf travels through a river, the water symbolizes purification or a new start. Still in the river the season begins to morph from winter to spring and the leaf jumps out of the river, but as it does so, an overflow of leaves also jump out out showing what Eliade calls indeterminate unity. Finally, the leaves find a tree and they all jump onto it and he also shows the sun coming out for a new day which symbolizes fire and  Eliade claims the fire represents renewal  or a new begining.

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