I have
chosen the third seven deadly sin to remodelled for a specific reason; FRESHERS,
Carnage, Bar Crawls – all lead to one key part of being a student – Lust. What
with there being so many student events on ... I have heard a lot of
dirty talk from alcohol-fuelled confidence.
Lust to me means
an object you desire, something you long to have yet cannot, however once you have it
... it is then quick to thrown away; the same can be said of a
student ‘fling’ aka one-night-stand. To be honest this is supposedly the ‘norm’
when coming to University, but why? Maybe, it’s because we participate in many
alcohol related activities in the UK, or maybe we are just all randy rabbits – who
knows?!
... Another
definition of Lust can be deemed as; an
emotion or feeling of intense desire in the body … Lust is a powerful
psychological force producing intense wanting for an object, or circumstance
fulfilling the emotion. (Richard Lazarus with Bernice N
Lazarus, Passion and
Reason: Making Sense of Our Emotions, 1994, New York: Oxford University)
On that note my twist to this sin - when looking at it from a student’s point of
view is sex. Many students enjoy ‘lustful’ nights whilst at university; so
through improvising with makeup, photographic enhancement and a student budget;
I have aimed to portray Lust as sex.
We are now a
generation where sex is acceptable and openly talked about, as I agree it
should be. As long as you are being safe, why should you not have some playful
fun, sexual experiences are part of your life – they aid in the development
from youth to adult. What I do not agree
with though, is girls and boys alike throwing themselves out there. There is a
time and place for everything, and yes desperation really does STINK – there is
nothing worse than a sex-pest!!
It’s not only guys that are now luring the
opposite sex into bed, women are just as bad, if not worse. Wearing provocative
clothing, alluring make-up and boosting their 'confidence' with alcohol does not
help the ‘student sex stereotype’. Is this because we know we can get our own
way through sexual temptations , or could it be that with maturity comes
acceptance; people are less quick to judge your sexual background and more open
to new experiences?
My own
personal view on the student sin Lust is that sex is now sex; there is no
emotional attachment, and it is becoming hard to distinguish what was once
playful flirting during the ‘courting’ stage. Many individuals, not only
students, become lost in sin like temptations – Lust being the easiest to give
into due ‘hormones’. They forget Lust once used to be old-school; it used to be
enticing the other into bed not jumping at the first chance. 
Hopefully I
have enlightened you into the world of a student and our
lustfully sinful lifestyle, I will leave you with a Shakespearean quote which portrays
Lust’s true principles xox.
Love comforteth like sunshine after rain,
But Lust's effect
is tempest after sun;
Love's gentle
spring doth always fresh remain,
Lust's winter comes
ere summer half be done;
Love surfeits not,
Lust like a glutton dies;
Love is all truth,
Lust full of forged lies.
(Venus and Adonis 799-804, Adonis)
