What I am trying to do here is not to just criticise our world and way of life, post philosophies and ideas about it. I am trying to open you eyes and get you (self-)aware through this blog, projects and later exhibitions. To organize it I have fragmented the general concept in 4 parts:
MENU
Self-Awareness
Past Present Future
Just Having Fun
Diary of an Optimist
Extra: Independent Projects & Experiments
Self- Awareness
This part of the concept are posted on this blog, thoughts and ideas about religion and mental awareness, the psychological side of humanity.
Past Present Future
Here you will find the physical destructiveness of humanity trough time, Past Present Future.
Just Having Fun
But I’m just not that cynical and changing the world just doesn’t happen by complaining about the current situation. So there is an optimistic part as well. Here I will show (ways and ideas) how you could just have fun and be happy, with your natural surroundings. Little things I do, create and see.
Diary of an Optimist
I am keeping a diary here, an optimistic one so I can centre my thoughts from time to time instead of getting depressed and lost in trying to grasp the big picture of our world, reality and humanity. And show you that my ideas are not just ideas but are also put into practice.
Extra:
Independent Projects & Experiments
Some projects have no or little relationship with the general concept so I have separated them, as well as my experiments and sketches who can be found here.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Disclaimer
Everything you will find here is the opinion of one person, ME. Enriched by research done, art made and news articles written by others. I not trying to make you believe anything nor do I want you to what I do. So before you start making up arguments to contradict me read what I have to say and keep in the back of you mind that everyone has the right to believe and thinks what he wants, just like I don’t mind that you might not agree with me. The reason I am showing you all this is just to make you aware:
Aware of the facts about our past, present and future
Aware of the possibilities of life and the ways of living it.
So I am not trying to prove anything, change anything or make anything happen. The only thing I want is to get you to start thinking about your life and the world around you, make you self-aware. I hope you will be happy with your life, because it is all you have got and I could be over at any moment.
Aware of the facts about our past, present and future
Aware of the possibilities of life and the ways of living it.
So I am not trying to prove anything, change anything or make anything happen. The only thing I want is to get you to start thinking about your life and the world around you, make you self-aware. I hope you will be happy with your life, because it is all you have got and I could be over at any moment.
Trying to grasp the concept of Non-Existence
Can you imagine a world without you in it? What would happen if you didn’t wake up tomorrow? What would the world be like if the entire human race were wiped from the face of the earth, ciphered out by evolution? Just like the limitless of space, these are questions we will never be able to truly understand let alone answer. Unlimited sushi in the sushi bar is already difficult to understand for most people (me included). Luckily they have rules and limitations in those places – you can only order 5 dishes per round and you can only eat for 2 hours – or else it would be unmanageable. Just as well as we need rules and limitations for our mind and make them up for the world around us so we can get trough this crazy life.
But still, a day will come that you won’t be there. Realising this once in a wile makes you appreciate life more and puts you life, achievements and plans into perspective. Or just makes you insecure, which is not bad a bad feeling from time to time.
Even though I can’t totally grasp the concept of non-existence I am going to give it a shot. Starting with my own absence in this world:
I belief that in the world without me almost everything would be the same, I am enough of a realist to know that I don’t play a significant part in this world (not yet at least). What would be different will be the lives of the people around me and not for the better I can proudly say. My mother wouldn’t be childless but I can honestly say that I am the most cheerful and lively one. My not being here would have spared my mother, father, brother and sister a lot of trouble (and my parents money) but I know that their lives would be a lot duller and less fun without me. I think this also goes for my friends, although I don’t think I caused them as much trouble, I hope. I try to be nice to all the people I meet so they would have missed that as well. So in all it is fair to say that overall I have a positive influence on the world around. On the rest of the world I have little effect. I do influence it, but in ways and on such a low and slow scale I will never know about it.
To keep this string of thoughts understandable this is all for the world without me.
A more interesting thought is what the world would look like without us humans. Have you ever ask yourself that question? What now follows is my vision of world without people:
There is only untamed nature; survival of the fittest is still in full swing and it is every species for itself and not all for one. Technology is a rock to crack nuts and shells. Species still die out and there is still global warming, but this is due too natural process and selection. There is no real progress just adaptation. There is balance and continuity. It is terribly boring, reproducing and keeping everything the way it is. But there is no needles killing (just eating), greed, cruelty and child abuse. Until the world ends in about a (few) million years, due to the ending (heating, expending, explosion) of the sun.
From my point of view the world is not a real fun place to be without intelligent self-aware life forms. This doesn’t mean that I think that the world is better of with us inhabiting it. Because we are not near as intelligent and self-aware as needed to be able to see the consequences of our actions, to realise that our selfish and cruel ways are really counterproductive. But I hope we can come to our senses before we destroy ourselves in some sort of global genocide and try to get the hell of this planet before it is to late. But if we die out, maybe then another intelligent species will arise due to evolution that will be able to do a better job then we did. Lets all hope for that to happen.
But still, a day will come that you won’t be there. Realising this once in a wile makes you appreciate life more and puts you life, achievements and plans into perspective. Or just makes you insecure, which is not bad a bad feeling from time to time.
Even though I can’t totally grasp the concept of non-existence I am going to give it a shot. Starting with my own absence in this world:
I belief that in the world without me almost everything would be the same, I am enough of a realist to know that I don’t play a significant part in this world (not yet at least). What would be different will be the lives of the people around me and not for the better I can proudly say. My mother wouldn’t be childless but I can honestly say that I am the most cheerful and lively one. My not being here would have spared my mother, father, brother and sister a lot of trouble (and my parents money) but I know that their lives would be a lot duller and less fun without me. I think this also goes for my friends, although I don’t think I caused them as much trouble, I hope. I try to be nice to all the people I meet so they would have missed that as well. So in all it is fair to say that overall I have a positive influence on the world around. On the rest of the world I have little effect. I do influence it, but in ways and on such a low and slow scale I will never know about it.
To keep this string of thoughts understandable this is all for the world without me.
A more interesting thought is what the world would look like without us humans. Have you ever ask yourself that question? What now follows is my vision of world without people:
There is only untamed nature; survival of the fittest is still in full swing and it is every species for itself and not all for one. Technology is a rock to crack nuts and shells. Species still die out and there is still global warming, but this is due too natural process and selection. There is no real progress just adaptation. There is balance and continuity. It is terribly boring, reproducing and keeping everything the way it is. But there is no needles killing (just eating), greed, cruelty and child abuse. Until the world ends in about a (few) million years, due to the ending (heating, expending, explosion) of the sun.
From my point of view the world is not a real fun place to be without intelligent self-aware life forms. This doesn’t mean that I think that the world is better of with us inhabiting it. Because we are not near as intelligent and self-aware as needed to be able to see the consequences of our actions, to realise that our selfish and cruel ways are really counterproductive. But I hope we can come to our senses before we destroy ourselves in some sort of global genocide and try to get the hell of this planet before it is to late. But if we die out, maybe then another intelligent species will arise due to evolution that will be able to do a better job then we did. Lets all hope for that to happen.
The I-Can’t-Get-No-Satisfaction Theory
I would like to tell you about a theory I have about people. This is only my opinion and just popped up when I was getting a coffee in the renovated supermarket and reading the opinions of the shoppers. The coffee corner in this supermarket is top notch, really great, you can have regular coffee and regular espresso and coffee and espresso of the month:
But this is what the shoppers write:
how about a nice piece of cake to go with it?
How about hot chocolate?
The coffee is to strong.
Then I realized, that even when people have the world (free delicious coffee) they still want more (cookies, hot chocolate and free samples). It looks like people can never be satisfied and keep wanting more. But for some reason I find it unbelievable that we can’t find lasting satisfaction due to what we are, because all the other animals look very satisfied with, with the cow as an example, grazing all day and walking around. It looks like it has something the do with who we are, how we are raised and indoctrinated by our consumption society. We are trained to keep wanting more, feel a whisper of satisfaction when we get what we wanted and then directly move on to the next thing on our wish list.
Just enjoy your coffee while you still can and stop complaining about things you are not having at the moment. (How can you enjoy it when you are doing that?) Get some satisfaction.!
But this is what the shoppers write:
how about a nice piece of cake to go with it?
How about hot chocolate?
The coffee is to strong.
Then I realized, that even when people have the world (free delicious coffee) they still want more (cookies, hot chocolate and free samples). It looks like people can never be satisfied and keep wanting more. But for some reason I find it unbelievable that we can’t find lasting satisfaction due to what we are, because all the other animals look very satisfied with, with the cow as an example, grazing all day and walking around. It looks like it has something the do with who we are, how we are raised and indoctrinated by our consumption society. We are trained to keep wanting more, feel a whisper of satisfaction when we get what we wanted and then directly move on to the next thing on our wish list.
Just enjoy your coffee while you still can and stop complaining about things you are not having at the moment. (How can you enjoy it when you are doing that?) Get some satisfaction.!
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