slipknot’s snuff
What do you think about the song? The short film?
The song blows me away…”If I can change I hope I never know.” How many live with these feelings?
I’m still baffled by the short film. It’s powerful but in a way that words can’t explain. And this is why I believe that those who follow Jesus must wrestle with art expressions such as this video. Yes, we’ve often done a great job of engaging our intellect as we attempt to discover the human condition. But what about engaging our soul? Our emotions? Have we thrown in fully, (emotionally, spiritually, soulfully) to find solidarity with the society in which we find ourselves?
What people in our neighborhoods, schools and jobs face often defies articulation. Can we meet the mess of life without words? Yes, but.
Doing so means that we must open the emotions of our life to the vulnerability of being torn deeply by things to painful for words. Will we wear the scars of a neighbor’s wounds?