Blog 2

Blog 2

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In Hamlet Act 1, Scene 4, Shakespeare wrote, “Angels, and ministers of grace, defend us! Be thou a spirit of health, or goblin damn'd. Bring with thee airs from heaven, or blasts from hell. Be thy intents wicked or charitable. Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee’(Shakespeare, William). During this class, the topic of paranormal actions and ghosts was discussed as being a constant amongst our word and our technologies. Though technology was mentioned as a way of allowing paranormal ghosts and creatures to enter our world, there has been a history of paranormal activities and interactions with an alternative spiritual world. The term ‘white noise’ was defined as a type of noise that is produced by the sound of all of the different frequencies together. Thus, if all the imaginable tones that are detectable to the human eye are combined together, it would be known as white noise. Which bring about the question: what are we blocking out due to the activities that we go through in our everyday lives? Are we pushing away the negativities and various internal demons that we are haunted by on a daily basis? Are we negating the lessons that our supposed “guardian angels” are trying to teach us as they attempt to give us aid in our day to day live? However, the use of paranormal activities in horror films are often used as a way to depict the connection between reality and the haunted poltergeist and/or spirit located in the place where the current family resides. Understanding that the life and location that an individual knows now is not what is has always been allows the audience to see that our reality is not what is always appears to be. Though the Poltergeist manages to explain tragedies that are associated with the urban legend, there are several other examples that can be seen when the filmmakers used real bones and artifacts that were related to the film. Unexplainable images and death surrounding these movies give people a reason to believe that the actual signs and dimensions that are occurring in the movie might not actually be as fictional as the movie allows them to be. This can make us question whether we have the ability through the use of science to determine what is actually behind the white noise. Movies, such as The Poltergeist and The Paranormal Activity series, shows how there are aspects of our life that we could indulge and dive into, but maybe we should just leave where it is. Being that the actual characters in these movies attempted to use technology to sort of “cross the veil”, it ultimately pushed them deeper into the realm of the unknown. After listening to this lecture and viewing these films, I began to question the aspects of life involving the spiritual realm and technology. Realizing that I am blissfully ignorant in my own right provided a sense of relief, yet also made me feel somewhat fearful as there could be an entirely different existence in my day to day life if I somehow managed to look past the “white noise”.