The face of evil

In "The Devil's Advocate" (1997) with Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino,
the faces of the devil's demons morph into rotten, beastly grimaces.
Medieval art depicts sin and vanity as ugly too. It makes sense:
teach people to stay away from them by fostering disgust.

But it is dishonest. The ugliness of sin often shows only in its
temporal or structural unfolding. I often see this in films: the
protagonist does one bad thing and all hell follows.

I like Alina Shoda's depiction of Lucifer as physically attractive:

   https://www.reddit.com/odrnqo/

The same goes for Guillaume Geefs's statue "Le genie du mal" and
Jospeh Geefs's statue "L'ange du mal".

The fact that not all that looks and feels good _is_ also good
is the basis of our concupiscent struggle.

Al Pacino as the devil in "The Devil's Advocate" (1997):
> Look, but don't touch;
> touch, but don't taste;
> taste -- don't swallow.

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