Unsettling Unknowing
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Dates2020 - Ongoing
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Author
- Topics Daily Life, Contemporary Issues, Nature & Environment, Archive
What happens two worlds press against each other highlighting a profound ontological indifference that permeates modern civilizational memory, reality and perception?
The distinction between reality and representation collapses in this hyper-real existence, saturated with media and symbols. Memory, reality, and the concept of time can be manipulated, rewritten, or obliterated, leading to existential disorientation among individuals and communities. We each inhabit our hyper-real islands, collectively isolated by a deliberate technological and scientific revolution that yields mass destruction rather than genuine progress toward equality and sustainability. The intelligence accumulated through social and progressive revolutions now appears delusional in this context.
The nature of reality itself has become illusory. The reliability of human perception and memory is simultaneously a technique and a curse, complicating our understanding of perceptual phenomena and the physical world. This dualistic separation of body and mind expands, reflecting an ever-growing existential chasm. We navigate a vast network of connections, yet remain undiscovered within a cosmic vortex.