July theme: The Seven Deadly Sins

Our next theme is the seven deadly sins. The deadline date is 7 July, 2013.

How many of us can actually remember all seven?

Lust

Gluttony

Greed

Sloth

Wrath

Envy

Pride

If you're in need of inspiration for submissions, try out some of the following ideas:

Lust

• A photograph of high heeled stilettos.
• A story revolving around Objectum Sexuality (sexual attraction to an object); a man falls in lust with his old sewing machine; a woman secretly visits a trolley park after dark.
• A poem describing the sound of lovers' fingertips through the taste of fruit.

For some visual stimuli... head on over to Jack Vettriano's website - one of our favourite artists, and without a doubt, a keen explorer of this theme! Here's a little (non-explicit) taster...

Jack Vettriano - An Imperfect Past

Gluttony

• A photograph of plates and plates of rotting fruit and vegetables.
• A poem describing the juices running down the chin of a man/woman who the narrator is disgusted/turned on/obsessed with.

©July 2011 'Gluttony' by Fabienne Lopez

Greed

• A conversation between ten pound notes as they are passed from hand to hand.
• A poem describing money only through their smell and sound.

'Greed' by Liol

Sloth

• A story about a man whose laziness and inactivity leads to his rotting with the house he lives in, as mould, rubbish and the stench of stagnancy builds up around him.

Found on hannahruthkellett.wordpress.com

Wrath

• An illustration/painting/photograph of an explosion of colours symbolic of rage.

'Wrath' by Ricciolo Ribello

Have a look at Ricciolo Ribello's conceptual photography project, 'The Seven Fetish Sins'. 

Envy

• Something green - slime, ivy, mould, a green dress on a woman.
• Why do women tend to be associated with envy or lust? Are women more prone to feelings of jealousy than men? If so, why? Have a go at writing an article discussing this.

Photo found here - ickle_munchkin's flickr photostream

Pride

• A story about a man or woman whose vanity leads to their demise; the mirror they stare in daily begins to crack, and as it does, so does their skin, oozing with thick black tar.

Have a look at Matthew Johnston's quirky interpretation of pride here.

Picture found here

REMEMBER:

Don't TELL us what pride, envy and feeling anger feels like, SHOW us instead. What colour is sloth? Is greed the jingle of a heavy pocket or the healthy shine on a diamond?

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Send all submissions to synaesthesiamagazine@gmail.com


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