Final Thoughts and Reflections

As you have noticed, the blog was dedicated in provoking and giving the emotion that were the theme for each sections.
The five expressions we mainly focused on were:

(i) Happiness
(ii) Anger
(iii) Love
(iv) Fun
(v) Fear

The media artifacts that were described on each post were to serve as a catalyst to help you reach the related emotion quickly as you read the post.
I have purposefully ordered the blog posts in this way so you as reader can effectively carry out the emotion as you skip to the next post.

I believe that the blog will be successful in keeping you interested by discussing facts about the presented artifacts.
Also, the organized arrangement of the blog was able to let you easily find the post you wanted to read.

If the blog was arranged in unorganized fashion, I would not be able to provide you the benefits that are listed above.

As a final note, I really do hope that I was able to help you explore through world of emotions with interest.

Which emotion was your favorite section?

Fear - Revelation

The bible holds numerous important creeds and informations. Among all the books, I personally find the book of Revelation to be most important. Being a Christian, I read the Bible from cover to cover during high school. When I was reading the book of Revelation, I unconciously gave my full attention to the book. It was like reading a well written fantasy book.

The Book of Revelations informs the believers about the end times, what we should do to prepare ourselves for the moment, and the second coming of Jesus Christ. The book describes the sight of heaven and the fate of Earth. The book tells that followers will be saved while the non-believers go through unimaginable pain.

The book put a huge fear inside me by putting images from the passages inside me. Thinking of being constantly stung by scorpions and burnning alive while getting eaten by a dragon gave me shivers after reading the book. I was able to assure my self if I have a strong enough faith to be prepared for the unexpected event.

Are YOU Ready?

Fear - 2012

Imagine yourself walking to your dorm after finishing a long day at school. All of a sudden, you experience a huge shake beneath your feet. The ground starts breaking and all the buildings are collapsing. This is a scene that was shown in the movie 2012.

The year 2012 became a huge issue for a long time. It supposedly is the year where the world will meet its end. The conspiracy was proposed by prophecy of Nostradamus, a famous fortune teller who seemed to predict almost every single world's events and disasters, and the Mayan Calender.The calender was done by Mayan Civilization which is famous for having high technology compared to the year they lived in. The Mayan Calender shocked the archaeologists by having correct calcuation of dates almost equal to the calender we use today. People started to think that the world is going to end during 2012 because the accurate Mayan Calender stopped at 2012.

The movie, inspired by the concept of end of the world during 2012, presents what it would be like during the end times. According to the movie, the world is going to be flooded, leaving no existence on the face of the planet.

The movie fits into category Fear because it puts the audience in fear by showing the world's end. When I first saw the movie in the theatre, my imagination was making numerous possibilities of how the world will end. Each and every one of those imaginations were horrific. I don't know about you, but I sure hope that the world does not end during 2012.

Fear - Apollo 18

"THERE IS A REASON WE HAVE NEVER GONE BACK TO THE MOON"

Did you know that we only see the front side of the moon? We never get to see the back side of the moon. There have been numerous controversy regarding the existence of aliens on the moon. Inspired by such assumptions, Hollywood decided to make a movie about the existence of aliens and the back side of the moon.

Officially, the last space craft that was sent to the moon was Apollo 17. However, the movie informs the audience about the secret launch of Apollo 18 to the moon. The objective of the secret launch was simple: finding what exists on the back side of the moon. The film shows the surprising discovery the austronauts make.

The movie falls into category Fear because the it suggests a possibility of alien existence on the moon. People have always been debating about the existence of UFOs and aliens and whether they are friendly or not. It became such a big issue, which eventually gave birth to study of UFOs in university degrees. I have heard numerous rumors about alien abduction and invasions. Whenever I heard such rumors, I gave no interest but ignorance and criticisms. However, after watching the film, I suddenly got the chills and became skeptical about the alien existence. What do you think?

Fear - Angels and Demons

Among all the religions around the world, Christianity seems to be involved in majority of religious conflicts. Angels and Demons, a sequel to a hit movie The Davinci Code, talks about a religious warfare that has been going on for more than 500 years. Starring Tom Hanks, the movie lets the audience to be in part of serious and secret warfare between two religious groups that lasted for a long time.

The movie discusses about a group called Illuminati (Enlightened) which is a secret group founded on 1776. Because the society went against the authority of the pope and his religion, Christians annihilated whoever was involved with the group. The movie develops as a descendent of the survivor from the massacre starts to get his revenge to high authorities of the Catholic church. It was up to Tom Hanks' character to figure out the murderer and the dark secret hidden behind the plot.

The movie describes Fear effectively because it shows how violent religious faith can be. The person who "punished" the high order of the Catholic Church performs and tortures the innocent people in an unimaginable ways. For example, the zealot stuffs a priest only with dirt and rocks to represent the soil of the earth. By watching the film I have learned that there are boundaries in believing a religion.

Fear - Phobia

There are certain things which cause people to shrug and look for places to hide. For example, I am scared of horror films. Whenever I see even a poster for the scary film, I cover my eyes before the image is printed in my memory. However, there are some people who gets extreme amount of fear, alsmost to a point of death. Those people have illness called Phobia.

Phobia is an anxiety disorder which is derived from the Greek word Phobos, fear. There are numerous types of phobia such as hydrophobia, agoraphobia, acrophobia, and aviophobia. People with phobias reach to a state of avoiding certain objects or even resisting to step outside of their house.

This psychological disorder fits into the Fear category because it makes people become paranoid in certain conditions. These people will know the true meaning of having fear above anyone else. Do you have a phobia?

Fear - Rodin's The Gates of Hell

Once in our life time, we all have debated whether after-life exists. Existence of Heaven and Hell has brought numerous discussions and conflicts between theists and atheists all around the world. If Heaven and Hell exists gates of hell would look like the carving shown above.

The Gates of Hell, masterpiece carved by Rodin, was created by numerous inspiration such as Revelation and Dante's Inferno. The bronze door has satisfied many imagination of structure of gates of hell. The structure contains several notable figures such as The Thinker, The Three Shades, and Fleeting Love.

The artifact falls into the category because it puts fear into people's mind by giving imagination of hell. I am a Christian. Therefore, I have always believed in the presence of hell. After I saw the door, I was able to effectively strenghten my faith and become a man living by God's name stronger than usual.