Large Fierce Mammal

“The matter, then, is not that we are different from one another. It springs from zealotry, and that, dear reader, is born of the idea of chosenness – that you and yours hold exclusivity of right as the beloved and preferred of your deity, or even political doctrine. Chosenness in spiritual terms goes far beyond the smug feeling that you have it all figured out, and all those other poor buggers got it wrong. At its worst, it creates the belief that holds with the obvious assessment that where there are chosen, there will of necessity also be rejects, and from that position is a very short step to making the comparison of superiority over them. To having the right to force your beliefs upon them, or to subjugate them in punishment.” ~ A Long Winter’s Night 2013 – Day 2: Of Pagans, Heathens, and the Noble Savage

I don’t know about you, but I see a lot of expressions of Chosenness around these days. Tonight’s Dark Sentiment is an exceptional treatment of the subject from, yet again, the students of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH who previously brought us the sagas of Harald and Urs on Day 3 of this very season.

The still image that crowns this Dark Sentiment is a screen capture from tonight’s feature. Wrap yourself up in your best mantle of nobility, pour a righteous draught, settle back for the 4 minutes and 45 seconds that is The Box, and when ready, click that play button to begin.