Monday 10 February 2014

Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony


art used for banner is by dahlig, you can see the full series here

  Second of the sins and the second look is Gluttony.
Derived from the Latin gluttire, meaning to gulp down or swallow, gluttony (Latin, gula) is the over-indulgence and over-consumption of anything to the point of waste.
In Christianity, it is considered a sin if the excessive desire for food causes it to be withheld from the needy.
Because of these scripts, gluttony can be interpreted as selfishness; essentially placing concern with one's own interests above the well-being or interests of others.
Medieval church leaders (e.g., Thomas Aquinas) took a more expansive view of gluttony, arguing that it could also include an obsessive anticipation of meals, and the constant eating of delicacies and excessively costly foods. Aquinas went so far as to prepare a list of six ways to commit gluttony, comprising:
  • Praepropere – eating too soon
  • Laute – eating too expensively
  • Nimis – eating too much
  • Ardenter – eating too eagerly
  • Studiose – eating too daintily
  • Forente – eating wildly
In Dante's Inferno the "great worm" Cerberus guards the gluttons, forced to lie in a vile slush produced by ceaseless foul, icy rain (Virgil obtains safe passage past the monster by filling its three mouths with mud). In her notes on this circle, Dorothy L. Sayers writes that "the surrender to sin which began with mutual indulgence leads by an imperceptible degradation to solitary self-indulgence." The gluttons lie here sightless and heedless of their neighbors, symbolizing the cold, selfish, and empty sensuality of their lives.
The demon associated with gluttony is Beelzebub

Seven Deadly Sins Gluttony Makeup

Used: Victorian Disco Sailor Venus on the inner corner, Victorian Disco Arda in the crease, Shiro Cosmetics Wheeeeeee on the outer half of lid and brows, Geek Chic Bigger on the Inside for liner, Fyrinnae Scarlet Macaw as the cherries with Victorian Disco The Fett for stems. White is rimmel liner, glitter is collection glam crystals in funk.

This shopuld have been published on the 29th January! Blogger glitched and saved it in drafts instead of scheduled it, sorry guys!

2 comments:

  1. Very nice post! It looks absolutely lovely!

    x Dawn
    www.wickedlypleasant.wordpress.com

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  2. those cherries are amazing! i love this look!

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