Both of these threads are admittedly speculative. It must be that the people controlling artistic expression are promoting these designers and encouraging them. Some of the photos are very good but most depend entirely on disturbing dark themes. Add these to Satanic themes in CERN opening ceremonies and elsewhere and we cannot turn from the suspicion that so much of the evil we see in our world today is inspired by and supportive of demonic arts, beliefs, and practices. In Buddhism, this world is a mix of light and dark, good and bad, moving toward the Tathagata or away from. Christianity emphasizes the power of Satan. In the West we are more deeply influenced by Christian thought and thus express it more in artwork. But the underlying conflict between good and bad is also prominent in Eastern thought and traditions. ABN