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I am, first and foremost, an ordinary human being, one of more than eight billion other such entities sharing the same life and the same death. Consequently, in my relationships as well as in my action in the world, I seek no other distinction than that granted to everyone, and at every instant, by our mysterious participation in existence. Awareness of this unfathomable kinship with the whole of life is, for anyone who partakes of it, also the source of a great sense of responsibility.
The well-being and very survival of humanity hinge on a critical number of human beings somehow abandoning the fantasy of separate existence, tribal and egocentric, and thus sharing this impersonal awareness.
To overcome the grip of cultural and psychological isolation is, however, quite difficult. To begin with, we are extremely reluctant to see that further changes in political, economic, professional, and psychological matters are not enough. It goes against the grain of self-centered thought to realize the insufficiency of the slight modifications we make to set patterns of ethnocentric and self-serving behavior. This even when it has become evident that these habits have wittingly or unwittingly contributed to the psychological, social, geopolitical, and ecological mess in which we are presently living. The separate, sequential, and often contradictory efforts we make to improve ourselves and develop our own institutions and societies are merely the means whereby the same ancient mental patterns of the entire species mar the present and project their dysfunction onto the future. What is necessary is a revolution in consciousness, a veritable leap away from who we each "think" we are and have the “right” to become, and into an unprecedented mode of being free of the socio-cultural strictures and mental ruts that engender, protect, and prolong the dangerous illusion of separate personal existence.
The necessity of this fundamental departure from a predetermined, self-isolated, and mechanistic existence is at the core of this artistic and publishing effort. Because this endeavor does not adjust itself to accommodate the interests of traditional venues of exhibition and publication, it depends for its continued existence on the generous support of individuals who may find its output useful.
Artist Kim Schrag, my partner in this project joins me in asking you to consider purchasing a piece of art or one of our books or, perhaps, making a donation that will help us satisfy our basic needs while we continue sharpening our contribution to the emergence of the intelligent and caring global mind and action that is so urgently necessary.
Your interest and generosity are greatly appreciated.
This way you get to see Kim’s art.
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