This blog is dedicated to throwing stones in some of the glass houses that hold us back. Enjoy :)
Sunday, 30 December 2007
urban angel
angel: n 1. a messenger and servant of God, usually represented as a person with large wings and dressed in white clothes 2. a spirit that watches and guards one -see also "guardian angel" 3. a person especially a woman, who is very kind, good, beautiful etc.
Hi there, I like the blog and it's concept. Also like your esthetic in general. Question: where did the urban angel photo come from, did you take it? Would love to hear the story behind it, see any other shots, etc.
I have often found myself at odds with the world of OFFICIALDOM. The wise "this is how things are done" language and 'ways' of the media, our politicians, our economists, our rich, our priests, our teachers, and our parents have been built around me for 47 years, like glass houses - containing my thoughts, constraining my actions.
I totally 'get' that OFFICIALDOM is there to meet our basic needs by creating order, and providing security and prosperity. I also know that OFFICIALDOM works pretty well [for those who matter, anyway]. But there is a price to pay:
You see, OFFICIALDOM totally fails to meet our higher order needs = the need to be creative; the need to love and be love; the need to achieve self-actualisation, which comes through being both self-expressed and self-determined.
OFFICIALDOM makes us conform because of, and through its ideology = all of our thoughts and actions shall be politically correct, socially responsible, legally prudent, culturally acceptable, economically viable, and mentally rational. We have, in effect, 1984 in 2008.
Living a life of full self-expression and self-determination in a world of OFFICIALDOM is a mighty difficult thing to do. I reckon it all starts in the mind. How you see things is how things are. Which is why i created this blog.
This blog is dedicated to throwing stones at some of the glass houses that contain our thoughts and constrain our actions. Enjoy :)
2 comments:
Hi there, I like the blog and it's concept. Also like your esthetic in general. Question: where did the urban angel photo come from, did you take it? Would love to hear the story behind it, see any other shots, etc.
Thanks for the great work!
David
Ooops, should have left you my email:
david.washburn at gmail
Thanks again.
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