As things change, it really just amazes me how much they stay the same. Becuase history repeats itself and provides the only answers we, humans, continuously search for, I search to not need to know the answer, and continue to learn my history. History shows that the fight centralizes around personal freedoms. D'Alembert knew that prosperity was challenging personal freedoms and it would be the defining nucleus of the future. Our prosperity has shifted to an excessive disconnection of what it is to be priviledged and entitled, and so it also was the case 300 years ago, when the fufu, over-funded Rococo Art era occured. Rococo moved to Enlightenment so there is hope. Obama is on to something. We may be moving quicker that ever before, but the simplicities of handling challenges are still the same.
Again, breathe through your belly. The belly is what connects you to you. The purpose is to be free, be your best self, and positively affect your surroundings. And so the shift from Rococo to Enlightenment occurred in the mid 18th century, right around the time d'Alembert philosophized time-less human turmoil and growth.
We are blessed. Blessed to be alive, blessed to be breathing, blessed to be able to live in a time of unfathomable information access, blessed to be able to stimulate our own senses, mind and being, and blessed to be able to have countless avenues to find connection.
Written at his wake, this is dedicated to John Handsome, who took his own life. May he serve as a protector and learn to love himself.
No comments:
Post a Comment