Is human nature good or evil? Since ancient times, people have been arguing endlessly about this issue, and even derived the theories of "sex without good or evil" and "good and evil". But in general, there is still a lot of discussion about "intrinsic good" and "intrinsic evil". Those who support sexual goodness cite the scriptures in the Mencius. As an example, it is pointed out that "human nature is good, and so is nature." In this regard, the famous American psychologist Paul. Bulu also used his own research results for several years, "The Source of Good and Evil", to prove that babies can judge the good or bad of others through behavior and attitudes long before they speak, and at the beginning of human life, they have a sense of morality that comes from the fundamentals, so human nature is inherently good, and evil is caused by the external environment.
Those who do not recognize the inherent goodness of human nature and support the inherent evil of human nature believe that human beings are inherently creatures with the survival instinct to survive and yearn for a better life. Therefore, human nature is not reliable, and it is necessary to strengthen acquired education to guide the good. We are not philosophers of human nature, and we cannot get everyone to agree with us and prove whether human nature is good or evil. But in life, don't think about how to test human nature and test human nature. Because the end result is often unexpected. A young woman in Serbia once tried to test her humanity by anesthetizing herself, and specially found passers-by to test her humanity, but the final picture made her collapse and cry. What really happened that year, and travel with the lifebuoy to learn about this little-known past.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Marina Abramovich</h1>
Marina Abramovich is a Serbian born in 1946 in Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia. Unlike the childhood of ordinary children, Marina has heroic parents, but her childhood is extremely gray. It was a time of war, turmoil, and her parents threw themselves into battle, while she was fostered in her grandmother's house from birth and never felt the warmth of her parents. Since childhood, the lack of love has made her extremely eager and cherish the love of her parents, but when her parents returned from the triumph of becoming heroes of World War II, what awaited her was not the care and warm hugs of her parents, but the nightmare that she could not get rid of for more than 20 years.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" > repressed childhood</h1>
During these days, her parents brought the military system and various rewards and punishments into the family, and militarized her and her brother. Their daily schedule is almost fixed, whether it is eating, sleeping, or going to the toilet, there is almost a strict timekeeping. Once the violation is violated, the parents' already cold faces will become more and more livid, and they will either beat them or scold them, insulting their personality. Years of education have shackled their nature, and the lives of the brothers and sisters have been like clocks.
Everything in her childhood was undoubtedly a disaster for her, and fortunately, in these days, the company of books also helped her get through the most difficult times. Whenever she has her own time, she always desperately studies the masterpieces of famous artists, and these bold and profound works have brought her great shock. And when her parents were not at home, she often went everywhere to listen to debates and lectures, which made her feel even more enthusiastic, and also made her repressed nature take root and sprout. Since then, she has been exposed to painting and has her own teacher. During the study of painting, painting helped her completely open the closed door of her heart, she began to express her nature through art, free to release, which made her feel extremely relaxed, and after further study in college, she has a lot of fame in related fields. But none of this satisfied the parents, nor did they make the slightest change in their attitudes.
Until she was 29 years old, all her daily business and private affairs had to be completed by 10 p.m., otherwise she would be dealt with by "military regulations". Therefore, after she completely got rid of her mother, her long-suppressed nature was finally fully released, which made her more bold and wild, and her behavior seemed very extreme. Throughout his work, most of them are hurting themselves. She mercilessly whipped, cut and even burned herself, and was regarded as the "mother of performance art" and was called "the greatest performance artist of the 20th century" by industry insiders. But she didn't say anything about it, she just wanted to explore the relationship between the performer and the audience, the limits of the flesh and the possibilities of thinking through her seemingly crazy but free form of art performance.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="9" > works that unleash their nature</h1>
In 1973, her first performance, Rhythm 10, was officially launched at the Edinburgh Festival. It was an initial tentative test of her artistic conception, similar to the "Russian game". The rules are simple: there are 20 knives in total, and she will pick them up quickly in order and then stab them hard into the finger slits. Once she cut herself, she had to switch to a knife and repeat the previous process until all 20 knives were exhausted and the process was all recorded. This means that in the first round alone, she will be stabbed 20 times. However, the performance is not over, and after 20 knives are exhausted, she will repeat the process with the knife again as she accidentally cuts herself in the recording. This bold and fierce action made her hands full of blood, but she forced herself to smile in pain and complete the whole process.
After that, Marina became even more bold. In 1974, she placed a large, kerosene-soaked five-pointed star in the square. She ignited the five-pointed star and eventually lay inside the five-pointed star beyond the raging flames. Unfortunately, the results were not satisfactory. Due to lack of oxygen, she eventually fainted, but was fortunately rescued by the masses. But the failure of this performance and the experience of being in the middle of life and death did not deter her from then on. On the contrary, she is more harsh and harder on the work, for her, life and death are nothing, and an excellent work that can resonate with people's souls is the goal of her efforts.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > crazy move</h1>
To test the limits of the audience's performance-performer relevance, but also to test human nature. In 1974, she released Rhythm 0 in Naples, Italy. But what no one expected was that this work has had a huge impact on the world since its birth. It not only has a far-reaching influence on art, anthropology, ethics, etc., but also has become one of the most classic cases in psychology.
In preparation for the performance, she placed a total of 72 items on the table. Among them, there are honey, roses, etc., which are pleasant, as well as obviously functional drinks, lipsticks, etc., of course, there are also dangerous items, scissors, daggers, crossbows, pistols with bullets, etc. She was confident that the audience would make the right choice and posted an announcement in advance in the room. The announcement said she allowed all passers-by who entered the room to use the 72 items at will. At the same time, he will be generally anesthetized, giving all participants absolute control over their bodies.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="15" > scene out of control</h1>
Such a novel event, this was the first time, and soon attracted a bunch of passers-by to participate. At first, when they saw Marina anesthetized in the room, people behaved more gently because it was impossible to determine whether Marina was able to move normally. Someone helped her put on a scarf, someone handed her a rose to her hand, but more people were watching.
Soon, someone began to take the lead in pranks, her face smeared with lipstick on the participants, and others tried to strangle her waist with silk threads. Marina just looked at all this quietly, without resistance or movement. Seeing that Marina would not move, the staff was also leisurely watching the play next to them, and the participants' courage was getting bigger and bigger, and the scene gradually developed out of control. Not only are dangerous items frequently used, but those things that seem to be non-threatening are now showing a vicious side.
Under the participant's use, her face was painted with lipstick and her body was sprinkled with drinks. Someone cut her clothes with scissors, leaving her skin bare. Others took the rose and swiped it at her stomach with the bottom. Since then, participants have continuously scribbled on her with nails, scissors and other objects, and there are also scenes of good people taking pictures of her tragic but irresistible, hanging on her neck through multi-angle photos, and the excess is stuffed into her hands.
Today's scene is becoming more and more chaotic, and the participants are no longer as calm as they were when they first entered the door, and they are constantly looking for ways to bring excitement with red eyes. Eventually, when a radical picked up a pistol from the table and pointed it at her mouth, Marina was filled with fear and tears in her eyes. Only then did the surrounding audience and staff realize that something was wrong, and immediately stepped forward to stop him from shooting and take the gun.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" > the end of human nature</h1>
After the anesthesia was over, Marina cried silently. But at the same time, she bravely walked towards the audience and swept them one by one with her eyes. It seems that only now did these participants understand what they had just done, and they all avoided their eyes and fled.
She was first silent during the interview, and then said bitterly: "This experience made me realize that if you give all the decisions to the public, then you are not far from death." ”