The Imagination Create Gods
In my opinion, gods should be in the form of nature. Going back to the ancient age, people are afraid of things they can not understand, such as flood, hurricane, drought. They can not explain the reason why these super nature things happen, so they attribute them to something they imagine which is much more powerful than them which they called as god. In addition, they are both admire and fear of the power of the god. Therefore, they pray and offer sacrifices to god wanting of their benediction. If the weather goes well, they see it as gods’ blessing. If the weather get worse, they think that gods are mad at them. That is because they don’t realize the reason behind the change of climate.
Asaka, the god of earth, of plants, of all growing things. I think the color that fit her most must be green which represent the vivid environment on the ground. In another point of view, I think that gods should not have a exact form. For example, Asaka can be a piece of leaves on the tree, a blooming flower in the plain, a majestic mountain... Therefore, in order to design a costume for her, the green can be the major color on her dress. Her dress should mode up with different type of green leaves. There should be colorful flower symbol around her neck, wrist, and ankle. In addition, a mountain tattoo should exist on her forehead. These symbols represent that Asaka is fickle, she is the combination of people’s imagination toward the nature. When the character speaks, audience can hear the music of birds’ twittering and the whistle of wind passing among trees. The lightening also turns to green and bright to distinguish the character.
Agwe, the god of water and the sea. Blue should take over most of the space on his costume. His costume should be form by waves shape pattern. Also there should be different kind of fish symbols all over his body. On his back the waves pattern should be a darker blue and bigger than waves in his front which represent his changeable mode; the sea is not always calm, but full of dangerous variation. People should not be surprised that a sunny day without clouds can turn into a foreshadowing of tsunami that’s why people are afraid and admire the god, because they can not understand where that power comes from. They feel that all these disaster happen because of a stronger creature which is god. When Agwe smile, audience can hear the the flow of the brook. When Agwe is angry, audience can hear the sound of rainstorm and lightening. The light turns blue while Agwe is on the stage.
PapaGe, the god of Death. He represent human’s biggest fear which is the end of their lives. Therefore, he should be full of mystery, because no one knows what comes after death. In that case, black fits him most which represent mystery and horror. He should wear a black cloak coer his whole body. His voice should be deep and raucous. When he stays on the stage the light should turns down.
Erzuile, the god of love. In my opinion, red fits her most, because it represent love, heart, and passion. Her cloth should be filled with symbols of heart. She should be cover under gauze which shows that love is also vague, tangle, and mystery. In addition, she should wear a dark red shoes which also tells audience that love sometimes accompany with sacrifice. She should speak in a euphony. The light become brighter when she comes u to the stage which makes a comparison with PapaGe.
As you can see, that is my opinion of god should look like wear staging them in a scene. They are colorful and different because they represent abundant imagination people have!
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