LGBTQ pan
The myth of the godly figure of Pan, half a goat half a man, is re-examined in the modern technologically advanced society of the 21st century and re-established as a new, updated and evolving LGBTQ PAN. His familiar features, the horn, the beard, the pointed ears no longer exist. He is distinguished by his slender legs. He is on his unicycle in a perpetual effort to balance on a rope that is sometimes identified with space-time and sometimes with life itself. .
Pan in Greek mythology is associated with nature, mountains, herds and shepherds. Until the 5th century BC. his name is heard mainly in mountainous Arcadia, and then spread throughout Greece. People learn about this god whose appearance does not testify to his heavenly origin. Those who wanted to glorify him did not turn to the construction of a temple, but decided as the most suitable place of worship caves. His very existence can not be determined. Both half a goat and half a human. Not only is he an animal but also a shepherd.
The goat as an animal is dominant. He appears as a leader in nature and has a distinct power, since he also appears as a symbol of fertility. The memory of his strong smell can travel me through time in a unique way, such a way that I myself can recognise "his goat smell as aroma and myrrh".
Pan, as an entertainer of the gods, is surrounded by music. He has been associated with the god Dionysus as his familiar company in countless feasts with plenty of wine. But he is also known for his intensely abusive erotic attitude towards nymphs and his unbridled sexuality, which is expressed in mythology with extreme incidents. Today there is no room for such a character, Pan must be reborn in a new form and with a new proclamation "..Πὰν ὁ μέγας τέθνηκε" ("Great Pan is dead") to be re-established.
The reborn Pan is gentle. He does not commit crimes and stays away from rapes. He is half human, half goat, man and woman, female and male. Although he can knock the earth's population up four times with his sperm, he does not. He acrobats. He does not bother Aphrodite. He does not deceive Zeus, nor does he bother the nymphs. He is now ready to move forward to a healthy social coexistence in the modern world being politically correct.
His upper body is tangled and lost in a large piece of tulle, perhaps of a wedding, and while balancing he seems to rise into the sky. Being a god, yet, he seems to be struggling to catch up with the developments which lead to tomorrow’s world. Struggling not to be forever lost in chaos.
Greek band "Chainides", Album "AGROTOKTINOTROFIKA KAI MITROPOLITIKA", Song "O Magos", December 2016, MUSIC LINKS KNOWLEDGE (MLK).
PLUTARCH, Moralia. The Obsolescence of Oracles, p. 401, DOI: 10.4159 There is a reference to the death of Pan that symbolizes the transition to Christianity, that is, a change of era
Andriani Sfika (art curator)
