My personal view concerning 3D in movies is a cynical one. Much of the feeling stems from the sense that it is something being used to squeeze cash rather than push creativity*. This cartoon is really asking questions about whether the thing you are trying to say is worth actually saying in the first place.

With the epilogue text, Paul is making the strong point that when it comes to the message of Jesus Christ, you should avoid 'dressing it up' because it doesn't need it. In fact, he goes further in talking about treasure in jars of clay - meaning that the very format often tends to be less appealling purely because it brings God greater honour! The jars in the passage refer to the unimpressive, broken lives of the Christian believers including Paul.

Technology employed to clearly communicate the core message is one thing - using it as a way of disguising the content is quite another.

Which brings me to an ironic twist. I spent ages making a flashy colour cartoon (see below). In the end I realised that I was making too many points - trying combine some thoughts on the recent 'aggressive secularism' debate that the Pope stoked up as well as the 3D-dress-up ideas. In the end it stank of confusion so much that I had to go back and do something much more basic due to time pressures. The end version (above) is literally a pen-and-ink jar of clay. (UPDATE: I couldn't resist improving it during a free stretch of time...)

So there you go: you can't dress stuff up if it is a pigs ear in the first place. I include the rejected version by way of humble confession...



(*I also don't like having a restricted head-movement and sweaty eyeballs, but that is probably something to do with my strange biological set-up.)

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