Sadistic Ophelia, a Scarybirds Collaboration
Creative expression has an important role to play in the healing process after violent victimization. One of the project collaborations for Cultural Fusion is geared towards deploying a web based self help iniative that can supplement the offerings of NGOs who help traumatized communities. Using art to give voice to their rage, humiliation, and desire for revenge so that peace in reality can be found as part of the recovery process.
This is the opportunity afforded by ICT today and these are the kind of collaborations i'm actively seeking to develop as iFOSSF project collaborations.
Before i share a bit of another blog post, let me introduce you to Sadistic Ophelia. She is the author of the Introduction quoted in the following blog post...she is also the starting point for the Cultural Fusion collabortion with Scarybirds.
Kerry posted her request for help with her site and since i've seen not comments i'd like to invite people to look seriously at her Scarybirds project and how they may be able to help.
Although it uses sci-fi and fantasy elements to tell the stories, it is a brilliant approach to how art can be used in the healing process of former victims of violence.
The rain pounded harder and as others ran indoors for cover she was being called out. Undetected she slithered and pounced, defying the laws of gravity that ruled mere mortals who refused to see what not pleasing to their eyes.
She had been summoned by the cries of the unheard, dejected, and abused who refused to become like those who committed injustices and crimes against them, taking advantage of the guiltless. Some might call it insanity what has emerged as the Grimoire of the Immortal Egos but like much of reality it is the opposite of what it appears.
Mortals trapped in a reality that denied them justice, dignity, safety, and so no longer content to wait for others to give them what was their divine right they slipped…one by one into the dream world where their Immortal Egos can reign without fear of consequence.
Perhaps you've heard of children that have been abused and create an alternate ego that experiences the trauma that scars them and they believe that they are elsewhere. This other place is one that rises out of the open misty shadows where unspeakable transgressions are perpetuated and amplified by the millions.
You know it is not uncommon for victims to create stronger more powerful alter egos who can protect them and maybe spare others the burdensome torment they have suffered. For you to deny them this right to be, to express our truth, is to commit the crimes all over again because in so doing you deny our right to find peace and restored honor.
In addition to seeking to connect with members of the FOSS technical community, we also need to connect with grassroots organizations that can help us connect to communities in need and artists seeking projects that make a difference.