Word Vs. Image Painting

Word vs. Image. Charleton Heston in the Ten Commandments. He comes down off the mountain with his tablets. He has spoken with the new #1 deity who says, I'm #1, no more art, don't say my name, and some other stuff. (The Ten Commandments). Charleton / Moses pops into the middle of a party. An artist has created a sweet sculpture. It's been adorned with flower wreaths. The female drummers are being carried on high, exuberantly dancing and playing. Everyone is joyful. The community is at peace. Everyone wears colors. Charleton / Moses says, STOP. No more art. Only written words. There's a new #1 God and he does not like to party. At Moses feet is a supplicating woman, wearing a veil and an ugly beige garment and weeping. Yes... technically the commandments also say do not kill, but that's not until the second tablet. That's one's not even visible in the scene. Of course all the artistic, musical party people are slain. Hello Abrahamic religion. Leonard Shlain hypothesizes in The Alphabet Versus The Goddess that the Hebrews actually invented the alphabet. The Torah / Old Testament is the earliest existing book originally written in a phonetic alphabet. The wars mentioned in it are the first wars we know of fought primarily for religious reasons. This is the first time images are banned. This is the real beginning of widespread patriarchy. Dr. Shlain hypothesizes that the creation of the alphabet and the spreading of literacy catalyzed these changes by rewiring our brains. His book is fascinating. The Ten Commandments is also a crazy movie.