Ar..gu..u..nt..ur… wha?

Greetings to the Digital Continent! I'm the Ephesian and this here is my blog: Lumen Est. In case you didn't know that's Latin for "it is light." I call it that because I read this letter by a guy named Paul - I think he's dead now - and that letter had a little section all about "living in the light" and such. Well, right there in the fifth chapter Paul said that everything exposed "by the light" becomes "is light" (visible), and I like things being visible. Apparently some sleeping people will rise from the dead a get a...Read More

Who is the Ephesian?

The Ephesian was a resident of the digital continent who liked to analyze various works in the world of entertainment. Please see his first movie post, Begin! to get an idea of his methods and see it applied. He employed the terms "events" and "lens (or scope)" to talk about a particular work's message. An "event" is what is being portrayed and the "lens" is the cinematography, writing, music, chronology, and other aspects of the work which implicitly or explicitly tell the viewer/reader/listener how they are supposed to interpret that event. Basically, he tried to uncover what ideas the movie implied, suggested, or taught...Read More