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There are two general directions for humankind to go:
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Those terms define a continuum that is an obvious metaphor for breathing as for life.
However, another sense of direction, another kind of continuum of life, is possible:
toward dissolution | toward integration
Human development and the rise and fall of civilizations move between these two poles:
dissolution
integration
These terms have to do with a universal process that underlies all of life-experiences:
entropy
Some describe entropy as a measure of disorder in a system. The thinking is that a high-order system, whether a human being, an ecosystem, or a galactic cluster, has a certain amount of energy that it expends during its lifetime. Energy moves from its “useful”, available state to its “used”, unavailable state.
Hosannah on the highest!
The Universe is Runnin’ Down!
Well, there’s another way of describing entropy, more akin to our immediate experience.It’s the movement toward differentiation.There’s a special meaning to that word. It means the appearance of new things that are different from the old things. Newfangled vs. oldfangled. Also, extant vs. emergent.
Diversity.
Diversity among things means diversity of the states of things. More stuff doing different stuff. New stuff coming from new combinations of the old stuff. Chemistry. Science, The Information Explosion — and subsequent information glut. Culture clashes. Social turmoil. Politics.
More of everything diversifying.
That’s another measure of entropy — and — another aspect of the Expanding Universe.
Bringing it back down to earth, it means that the unexpected happens. New problems. New solutions. New developments. More and more of it.
Formerly unified and coherent features of experience, such as a harmonious social order free of Communists, atheists or sexual deviants — or economic good times for oil men, money-men, chemical companies, or entrenched dictators, undergo unexpected changes, requiring human beings to undergo related unexpected changes. Things break down. They disintegrate. Very unpopular among some, and everyone is affected, more or less. Change.
And out of the debris of disintegration, a new order forms. The general trend, in Universe, is for the new order that forms to consist of a higher, more finely tuned, and better-adapted integrity. We can trace that kind of change by looking at the fossil record, as well as by looking at the extant biosphere. We can trace it by looking at the path of civilization. We can trace it by looking at the development of the Kosmos.
Entropy is not the running down of the Universe; it’s the running of the Universe. As Buckminster Fuller put it, “doing more and more with less and less” — until at last, doing absolutely everything with absolutely nothing — which is how the Universe began.
More states of existence emerge as things move from “usable” to “used”, from running to broken-down to newly integrated. That’s a definition of entropy. The “used” side of things is the material for the next generation of “usables” — one way or the other, whether by bacteria or by recycling programs. Conditions require a higher, more functional integrity. As things change, we must change.
Entropy, confronting us with unexpected disintegration, requires us to integrate in a new way. Entropy drives us.
That’s one half of the picture.
The other half is, what of all the human faculties that are not needed by the current state of affairs? This includes all the ways we’ve learned and adopted, in the past, all inherited cultural development, all the old-time, traditional ways we remember that don’t help the new integration. What happens to them?
If they don’t take over, there is a healthy alternative: they dissolve, or at least become much looser.
In psychological language, habits are allowed to become extinct, and what was uptight becomes more laid back. Groovy.
The extinction of, or liberation from, The Unnecessary liberates resources for application into The New Necessary integration for new conditions, as they emerge. [Thomas Hanna’s book, Bodies in Revolt, comes to mind.] The caterpillar dissolves before integrating into the new form, we call a butterfly.
Entropy/Dissolution.
Integration.
The biggest challenge human beings face is that of letting go of the old well enough to become the new. Memory is the key. The Old sticks around because it is tenaciously Remembered, as a matter of survival or convenience.
What if what we remembered could be brought under our own control? What if we could make internal adjustments that kept the old ways available, but not longer in control, so we are free enough to change as we see fit, instead of remaining stuck in unresolved quandaries?
What if there were something we could do to make room for new insights, new understanding, new ways of doing things, new ways of seeing things? What if the elements of new ability were already present, but we couldn’t bring ourselves to act in a new way? What if we couldn’t see them?
Well, what, if we could?
What if our very sense of identity prevented it?
What if we could shape our own identity, over time, through healthy dissolution of old patterns and new integration into healthier patterns?
THE KEY TO
The Ultimate Structure of all
Senses of Identity-~oOo~-
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INOCULATION ETERNITY is a story about a place called Eternity. It is my imagination about what life might have been like before humankind ever existed. We all have this hope that when we die we go to a perfect place called Heaven. In this book I paint a picture of a similar place where there is no time, sickness or war. Its essence beholds perfection and pure happiness. The entire story evolves around the life of Archangel Lucifer, who is the Master of Ceremony for the Gathering.
The Gathering could be likened to a church service, but far greater. Its purpose is to recharge everyone's spirit in what I reference in the book as life's resurgence. Everything was perfect until something happens at the latest Gathering service. This something has to do with Lucifer. It begins a wind of change that rocks the core of Eternity and everyone's existence. You will witness how Lucifer's unleashed emotions assimilate negative potential. As the story progresses, readers will witness how many of Eternity's inhabitants who are witnessing the changes, become determined to understand what is happening. Amongst them evolves a certain sect of creatures who begin to enjoy their newfound knowledge. Different sensations are experienced as new emotions surface, which were hidden from them since the beginning of their existence.
Gabriel, who is another principal character is one determined to understand what is happening. Prior to these dysphonic eruptions everything was all good. Now another realm appears on the horizon. His concern for Lucifer and scientific interests beckon him to go in search of a remedy.
Ancient of Days' is my version of God. He is the center of all moral consciousness and the animator for life. He doesn't even attempt to explain what is happening or what has caused the eruption in the first place. Some begin to wonder why. His expression of love for His creation is to stand back and allow them the freedom to choose their own destiny. It is His desire that they trust Him. He encourages them to govern themselves. He lends them support and intervenes only when it is absolutely necessary. With an infinite space ahead of them, He is in no hurry to stop what appears to be a disaster.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 16 - Boyz II Men attends Dignity Health Foundation's Humankindness Gala at City Hall in San Francisco, CA. (Photo - Arthur Kobin for Drew Altizer Photography)
Photo showing an impression of the New Views of Humankind exhibition at the Ars Electronica Center.
Credit: Martin Hieslmair
A memorial to the space shuttle Challenger and her crew, lost in the service of humankind on January 28th, 1986.
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Say to me no more Apollo,
Say to me the job is done.
And I say your words are hollow
And our work has just begun.
Say to me we need the money
Just to feed the poor,
And I say, 'Gee that's funny,
It's for them that we explore.'
Say to me we should be fighting,
Say to me the world's at war.
And I say we are uniting
People tired of war and more.
Say to me there's too much danger
Say we could be lost.
And I say I am no stranger
to danger, that's the cost.
Say to me our world is dying,
Ready for it's last hurrah.
And I cry, keep on trying,
We must find our Shangri-la.
Say to me no more Apollo,
Say to me the job is done.
And I say your words are hollow
And our work has just begun.
And our work has just begun.
-Apollo Lost; Cynthia McQuillin
Come visit the Cradle of Humankind! Starting in a camp reflecting the 1920s you soon cross a wide river with the wildlife veterinary station and a savanna lying behind. Or you visit a small native village near the dark jungle. Safari feeling guaranteed!
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Fun Theme Song
Did you know that humankind would happily kill the entire Earth for the sake of this one sailboat? Humankind will have much to regret in the centuries ahead but there is no mercy or forgiveness available for the human species.
Two of humankind's most ancient skills are making fire and preparing herbal psychotropic drug brews. When pottering in the garden I like to celebrate these two old skills by boiling up the water for a pot of tea in a Kelly kettle. That's an old Irish fisherman's contraption which consists of a water jacketed chimney which you stuff with twigs and light to boil the water.
To do it properly you must use no match or paper, just stuff you find in the garden plus a struck spark.
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Oil on canvas
Later in life, Homer increasingly edited his paintings. In 1895, when he first exhibited this epic scene of a winter storm at Prouts Neck, it included two figures crouching on the rocks in the lower left corner. Between 1896 and 1900, he eliminated the human presence and intensified the spreay from the crashing waves.
[National Gallery]
Taken in the Exhibition
Winslow Homer: Force of Nature
(September 2022 – January 2023)
[A]n overview of Winslow Homer (1836–1910), the great American Realist painter who confronted the leading issues facing the United States, and its relationship with both Europe and the Caribbean world, in the final decades of the 19th century.
Homer’s career spanned a turning point in North American history. He lived through the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery, so-called Reconstruction, and war with the last colonial European power in the Americas, Spain.
From his sketches of battle and camp life, to dazzling tropical views and darker restless seascapes, the works reflect Homer’s interest in the pressing issues of his time; conflict, race, and the relationship between humankind and the environment – issues still relevant for us today.
After the war, Homer’s subject became the lives of Americans in the wake of the war and abolition with a focus on the lives of formerly enslaved African Americans.
Homer travelled to France, England, the Bahamas, Cuba and Bermuda. In England, he painted scenes of heroism and resilience that he saw while staying in Cullercoats, a town on the North East coast. In the Caribbean, his paintings became more vivid as he painted the transparent turquoise waters and lush vegetation. His interest in conflict remained constant and he often explored the issue through painting the life and struggles of Black people.
With more than fifty paintings, covering over forty years of Homer’s career, 'Winslow Homer: Force of Nature' is part of a programme of exhibitions that introduce major American artists to a UK and European audience and follows on from our exhibitions about George Bellows and the Ashcan painters, Frederic Church and Thomas Cole.
[National Gallery]
The Message, published by amazon @ kindle,
The words have stories and a trip in life, as our history was born from their ink and letters. The Message in the poems speaks for the free souls and hearts. We are on the same boat of life, the time and we as the waves hug the sea. Since dawn of life, humankind have been inspired by signs then by action then by painting, then by words.
Poetry shall remain one of the most powerful human communications that moves the feelings in a different direction. This book also contains the epic of the Stela, a poetic march through the fabrics of civilizations revealing the essence of each one; their accomplishment to humanity, the heroes and villains, treachery, the glory and their down fall, barbarism and its impact on the wheel of history and beyond.
Biography of the author;
Dr.Mohammed F A Alrazak,
Philosopher, Consultant surgeon (MBCHB, Baghdad, FRCS), poet, Human rights activist and independent researcher in theoretical Astrophysics.
Books & Publications by the author:
The Stela epic, The eloquence of mind, Dreams & Destiny, Kingship Ascension, Noble Quest, Diwan of The Time, Grand Relativity, Essence of words, The Intelligent Hybrid, The Pure Adamite Race, The Great Universal Spin, Psychological and physiological Retrogression of Mankind. The Universal Compartments. The message
The Stela epic:
When time marched by the flame of the candle, the game of kings and heroes for ascendancy and gain and with their seers they conquest more and again. The Stela is an epic poem, and a quest through the fabrics of civilizations revealing the essence of each one; their accomplishment to humanity, the heroes and villains, treachery, their glory and down fall, barbarism and its impact on the wheels of history and beyond.
Eloquence of Mind:
This book is a record of time, a dialogues between the mind and soul, with poems and art about the theater of life. It is about human inner feelings, dreams, aspirations, fears and anticipation of our fate. Our destiny is embedded in the gene's memory, and in the nation's history written on the wheel of life. Acting by the principles of humanity and justice is what makes us human and these are the elements which drives nations for greatness and the individuals for glory and nobility. It is not power, richness or conquering which brings content or success. Mankind and their nations are marching on the path of life to the unknown, we are destined by destiny and time but not by will and not by choice. We are living in a new age, the age of avarice, during the history of time when vice among hypocrites is their virtue. We have to accept the fact that in this unprecedented time of our life, defending the truth, the principles of justice and human rights will give you no impunity in the time of avarice.
Kingship Ascension:
The book is based on the theory the" Intelligent Hybrid”, The journey in this book is a unique account for the new age in our History. The pages of this book and for the first time does disclose the truth about the real origin of human being, the reason for our existence, human behaviors, beliefs, our destiny and the birth place of the tree of life and the wheel of history.
Grand relativity:
This is a scientific book, a collection of theories in different fields of life and science. Some of these theories are a breakthrough in the scientific world like the Grand relativity theory, which is the grand theory beyond Einstein relativity theories.
The Intelligent Hybrid:
the secret origin of human beings which was hidden for millions of years, is revealed in this theory.
The Pure Adamite Race:
Human being, who is he? Are there others with us? This theory discloses these questions and discovers the sequence of linkage to modern humans and other questions always on our mind about ourselves and other mankind.
The Great Universal Spin:
The universe was created by the great cosmic twister and not by the Big Bang as being told.
Psychological and physiological Retrogression of Mankind,
Mankind's existence is on the verge of extinction since the signs for his retrogression have already started according to this theory.
Grand Relativity Theory:
The theory is beyond Einstein's theory of relativity. It is the grand relativity of the universe. The theory explains the creation and relation of mater and energy in the universe. It is not gravity which holds the universe, it is the vital force which keeps the universe in order.
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How can humankind arrive at an eminently livable future? Which pioneers are already blazing trails in that direction and can make it accessible to all? These questions are being posed by the 2014 Ars Electronica Festival, and there’ll be no shortage of potential answers to them either!
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Watercolour and selective scraping with touches of gouache, over graphite on textured cream wove watercolour paper.
In the late 19th century, The Bahamas encouraged tourism. The Caribbean had previously been seen in the US as a disease-filled 'torrid zone'. Advertising aimed at wealthy North American visitors rebranded The Bahamas as a tripical paradise with a restorative climate. Intended for viewers back home, Homer's watercolour celebrates the verdant landscape. But it also suggests the exclusion of Black islanders from aspects of Bahamian society. The coral and limestone wall, traditionally used to enclose the gardens of Nassau's wealthy private residences, separates the child from the landscape beyond.
[National Gallery]
Taken in the Exhibition
Winslow Homer: Force of Nature
(September 2022 – January 2023)
[A]n overview of Winslow Homer (1836–1910), the great American Realist painter who confronted the leading issues facing the United States, and its relationship with both Europe and the Caribbean world, in the final decades of the 19th century.
Homer’s career spanned a turning point in North American history. He lived through the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery, so-called Reconstruction, and war with the last colonial European power in the Americas, Spain.
From his sketches of battle and camp life, to dazzling tropical views and darker restless seascapes, the works reflect Homer’s interest in the pressing issues of his time; conflict, race, and the relationship between humankind and the environment – issues still relevant for us today.
After the war, Homer’s subject became the lives of Americans in the wake of the war and abolition with a focus on the lives of formerly enslaved African Americans.
Homer travelled to France, England, the Bahamas, Cuba and Bermuda. In England, he painted scenes of heroism and resilience that he saw while staying in Cullercoats, a town on the North East coast. In the Caribbean, his paintings became more vivid as he painted the transparent turquoise waters and lush vegetation. His interest in conflict remained constant and he often explored the issue through painting the life and struggles of Black people.
With more than fifty paintings, covering over forty years of Homer’s career, 'Winslow Homer: Force of Nature' is part of a programme of exhibitions that introduce major American artists to a UK and European audience and follows on from our exhibitions about George Bellows and the Ashcan painters, Frederic Church and Thomas Cole.
[National Gallery]