Sometimes life in it’s decay can bring beauty from things unexpected. Can a skull smell as sweet as a rose?

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… and the perfect soundtrack for such an unnatural beauty… Dead Flowers by the Rolling Stones

Want to play a tune?

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Who keeps them alive?

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A place of remarkable urban decay, haunting light and textures, and perhaps a ghost or two. Located in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia this prison was operational from 1829 until 1971. Today it’s U.S. National Historic Landmark, open to the public as a museum for tours seven days a week, twelve months a year 10 am to 5 pm.

Hopelessness

Cell interior — abundant textures, decay, and hopelessness.

Passageway to Fear

A view down one of the many creepy corridors.

No Escape

Deep in this prison there is a feeling no escape. Cruel walls of stone and steel still hold some part of those who were held here.

Tortured

These old prison cells retain a feeling of dread and a sense of the tortured souls that occupied them not so long ago.

BY: Ise Ananphada

We are nothing but dust…

Photo by or(a)rido.

7 Deadly Sins

Lust

Lust is usually thought of as excessive thoughts or desires of a sexual nature. Aristotle‘s criterion was excessive love of others, which therefore rendered love and devotion to God as secondary. In Dante’s “Inferno“, unforgiven souls of the sin of lust are blown about in restless hurricane like winds symbolic of their own lack of self control to their lustful passions in earthly life.

Envy

Like greed, Envy may be characterized by an insatiable desire; they differ, however, for two main reasons. First, greed is largely associated with material goods, where as envy may apply more generally. Second, those who commit the sin of envy resent that another person has something they perceive themselves as lacking, and wish the other person to be deprived of it.

Pride

In almost every list Pride, or hubris, is considered the original and most serious of the seven deadly sins, and indeed the ultimate source from which the others arise. It is identified as a desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to acknowledge the good work of others, and excessive love of self .

Wrath

Wrath, also known as anger or “rage”, may be described as inordinate and uncontrolled feelings of hatred and anger.  Anger, in its purest form, presents with self destructiveness, violence, and hate that may provoke feuds that can go on for centuries.  Anger may persist long after the person who did another a grievous wrong is dead.

Sloth

Gradually, the focus came to be on the consequences of acedia, rather than the cause, and so, by the 17th century, the exact deadly sin referred to was believed to be the failure to utilize one’s talents and gifts. In practice, it came to be closer to sloth than acedia.

Gluttony

 

Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste. In the Christian religions, it is considered a sin because of the excessive desire for food, or its withholding from the needy. Depending on the culture, it can be seen as either a vice or a sign of status.

Greed

Greed, also known as avarice or covetousness, is, like lust and gluttony, a sin of excess. However, greed is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of wealth, status, and power.

So, the question is….. how many are yours?

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Vicente García Morillo

Dance can encompasses the very soul… and at times like these it’s capture and presence are a hauntingly beautiful form of art…

Photos by: Jan Masny

BY: Mitchell Hatch