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A review by glamorama
Promethea, Vol. 2 by Mick Gray, Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III
5.0
here it is clear that Moore is the James Joyce of the world of comics. the script was redundant and not always harmonious, but I can say the same about Ulysses.
the main thing is that Moore continues to experiment hard, and every bit of this beautiful chaos can give you an epiphany.
anyway I'll have to comment on the sex issue (1) and the tarot card issue (2):
1. I don't think that Moore wrote the comic to satisfy his erotic fantasies because the scene is shown to be deliberately provocative and ambivalent, and, first of all, the meaning here is in the relationship between imagination, sexuality and magic, perhaps in a symbolic relation to how knowledge destroys innocence or something like that (besides, in the previous volume he criticizes this type of lascivious writers, don't forget who Moore was his entire career)
2. in tarot cards everything looks redundant and complex, just like reality itself. the meaning of the cards is arbitrary, but the idea is really that we organize reality using a system of signs, and any system of signs can be useful. we create stories that are imaginary, but like mongooses, stories help us fight the "imaginary snakes" of the "new millennium"
Alan Moore uses tarot the same way Joyce used symbols or colors for the chapters of Ulysses (you shouldn't expect it to be scientifically proven); tarot is Moore’s personal tool, and not a universal key to interpretation (also the Eurocentric nature of history here feels to me simply an arbitrary element that relates to periods of history that are interesting to Moore himself or the collective unconscious of 1999)
It is important to add that despite his statements, when deeply considered, Alan Moore's worldview and sympathies are approaching a scientific view of the world, while Hermeticism, like magic or art, is just a way of interpreting reality, breaking our habitual patterns of perception and opening up to the imagination
however, his artistic synthesis of beliefs is truly insightful. for some readers it may open the door to a discourse that is still poorly researched and stigmatized today. if you say it's "new age" you're creating a false analogy. Moore simply interprets the world creatively and explores the connection between spirituality and imagination. are fictions real? this is not a religion, this is a philosophy. it should be perceived precisely as art and therapy, and not always as Moore’s real beliefs
yes, if you wanted to look at action, this is probably not for you, but almost all other comics exist for you...
the only thing I can complain about is that the 3D drawings seem like fossils from 1999, and have stood the test of time worse than Moore’s script
the main thing is that Moore continues to experiment hard, and every bit of this beautiful chaos can give you an epiphany.
anyway I'll have to comment on the sex issue (1) and the tarot card issue (2):
1. I don't think that Moore wrote the comic to satisfy his erotic fantasies because the scene is shown to be deliberately provocative and ambivalent, and, first of all, the meaning here is in the relationship between imagination, sexuality and magic, perhaps in a symbolic relation to how knowledge destroys innocence or something like that (besides, in the previous volume he criticizes this type of lascivious writers, don't forget who Moore was his entire career)
2. in tarot cards everything looks redundant and complex, just like reality itself. the meaning of the cards is arbitrary, but the idea is really that we organize reality using a system of signs, and any system of signs can be useful. we create stories that are imaginary, but like mongooses, stories help us fight the "imaginary snakes" of the "new millennium"
Alan Moore uses tarot the same way Joyce used symbols or colors for the chapters of Ulysses (you shouldn't expect it to be scientifically proven); tarot is Moore’s personal tool, and not a universal key to interpretation (also the Eurocentric nature of history here feels to me simply an arbitrary element that relates to periods of history that are interesting to Moore himself or the collective unconscious of 1999)
It is important to add that despite his statements, when deeply considered, Alan Moore's worldview and sympathies are approaching a scientific view of the world, while Hermeticism, like magic or art, is just a way of interpreting reality, breaking our habitual patterns of perception and opening up to the imagination
however, his artistic synthesis of beliefs is truly insightful. for some readers it may open the door to a discourse that is still poorly researched and stigmatized today. if you say it's "new age" you're creating a false analogy. Moore simply interprets the world creatively and explores the connection between spirituality and imagination. are fictions real? this is not a religion, this is a philosophy. it should be perceived precisely as art and therapy, and not always as Moore’s real beliefs
yes, if you wanted to look at action, this is probably not for you, but almost all other comics exist for you...
the only thing I can complain about is that the 3D drawings seem like fossils from 1999, and have stood the test of time worse than Moore’s script