Wednesday, 10 February 2016

Being Human: Parasyte maxim

When thinking of what makes us human, it makes me think of the series Parasite Maxim as the main message in the series is what makes you Human, the story is about parasites taking over humans to kill humanity. As the series goes on the main character becomes less human and the parasites start to gain their own humanity.

The series shows us and makes of what really makes us human, emotions, laughing, being about to morn. The series has a shocking scene that makes you think that so nice then it just turns stone cold in human. The main character hears a accident , a puppy has been hit by a car. so the main character picks up the puppies and takes it some where quiet so that the puppy could died in peace. the main character says " its heart's stopped beating" and throws the puppy in the bin. After he is told off for doing this he says " its dead, it was a puppy but now its dead, its no longer a puppy just a puppy shaped lump of meat". This scene is a powerfully scene showing a person without humanity.

Being Human: Research Humans raised by animals

There are many cases of Humans raised by animals, you must of heard the phrase must of been raised by wolfs. In these cases the person would behaviour like a animal, for example there was a kid whom was raised by wolfs and would walk around on all fours, growl and work as part of a pact. Taking the Human accept out of a child's upbringing can cause de-humanization.  Does make those effected less than human? In these cases the children are reablitated into society. The problem sometime found in this cases is the child becoming depressed due to being taken away from their animal family. Capturing one of the animals could help the child but would slow down the process of rehabilitating the child.  I believe i found the source of the phrase raised by wolves, i well documented case of Kamals and Amala who was raised by wolfs, this case happened in 1920. With cases of animals raising humans as their own, they might not get their Humanity. If a child isn't exposed to Human language in the first three years of its life, it can cause the inability to learn how to speak.

Being Human: research into humanization of Animals

I read a paper entitled "We're a nation of pet lovers" By Ginger E. Blume, Ph.d. The paper focuses on Pets as they are the most effected. One of the interesting facts on the paper is dogs may be the ultimate social parasite, playing on human emotions and making us believe they have a range of emotions human feelings. Many people see their dogs as a in between species, half human half animal. Scientists say in the animal kingdom it is rare of one species to injects itself fully into another species life. 

Us Humanisation animals can cause many problems, such as the animals becoming dependent of humans. When animals are raised in captivity this problem can be devastating. When animals are raised in captivity to later be released in to the wild. if they become dependent of humans, they will died. Now a problem close to home, dogs are pact animals and Humanization can cause them to think they are in control. This has caused cases of master mutilation. 


Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Alternative Miss World: Progress photos

The upper body Armour has been made and are ready to now be sprayed purple.
The Gauntlets are shaped like fins, all piece of the armour is crafted from cardboard. I have also made a shoulder guard. Which is keeping to this idea of craved armour from creatures with the Human touch of the metal for extra protection.

The mask is now finished, the mask its self fits to the face perfectly due to created the mask of a head cast. I have a elasticatedstrap the goes over the top of my head to keep the mask in place. the strap can also be worn lower down for a looses fit. Breathing wise there are tiny gaps on ever side of the nose. I have done a test wear for over a hour and found I breathing to be normal with no change. The inside of the mask does get moist but now where any skin is touching so this is fine. But do highly suggest wiping the inside after use, if not during depending on how bad it gets. I have a lot of experience of mask wearing and know this is a unavoidable problem. Bringing tissues with you is the best plan. you may not need them its all about the weather because if its warm, lots of moisture will build up on the inside of the mask.

The Centipede is coming a lot well, have lots of latex and now has its first layer of paint. Just need to finish the paint job. Still yet to work out how to attach so that it doesn't fall off. But seems to sit well at the moment.