The Ides of March
Beware!
“Caesar was thus assassinated on the Ides of March in 44 BC. But the Ides were not anything to fear in Caesar’s time. He just happened to be killed on that day. It wasn’t until Shakespeare dramatized Caesar’s death more than 16 ½ centuries later that the Ides of March assumed a negative connotation.” Blame it Shakespeare
Superstition, magic, chance, fear of the unknown—are they all the same?
Or is there something to the effect the forces of collective connotations have on our consciousness and therefore on our reality? Language and stories have power, often subliminal.
Do you play with these ideas in your art? Do your characters toss spilled salt over their left shoulder? What does that say about them?
