Friday, September 28, 2007

whose hair



you know how in the Omen when Damian parts his hair and there's the mark of the beast written on his scalp

& how when you get older you see your hair graying and it's a mark of mortal belonging

& Hesse's Demian thought Cain's mark was a mark of distinction.

& Cormac McCarthy wrote about how white people see evil inside while for other cultures it exists as an external force, hairy monsters roaming the heath. There is so much evidence to the contrary but still. Maybe it's still creepier to consider yourself your own worst enemy, or something inherently unjust.

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