Light not darkness

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We live in dark times, full of judgement, anger, hate, war, poverty, homelessness, over consumption, destruction of the planet, climate change and the list can go on.

The established, wealthy elite, that control us and the planet sell us the darkness.

We need to choose light.

It is a choice and those who are brave enough to make the choice to be different will get the rewards of a more meaningful, happier and fulfilled life.

Choose to be kind, empathetic, supportive, loving and giving. That is the only way to change the every growing darkness that is falling over human kind.

This is not to do with organised religions, this is not do with pulling down one system to replace it with another controlling one. This is about building something truly different that will take the human race on a new journey.

It is possible, it is a question of faith, a question of all of us being brave enough to stand up and to create a free, equal and loving world for all.

Choosing the positivity of light over the negativity of darkness is how we build a better world.

Who wouldn’t want to do that?

Borderless world

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Tonight I hosted The Art For Work’s Sake workshop at the my coworking space, run by my mate Doug.

Doug’s workshop over 2 years ago was the inspiration for me reigniting my love of art, that had been hidden since my childhood.

The picture above is my creation from the question Doug posed to us ‘what does community look like to you?’

My piece is titled ‘Borderless World’

Community is traditionally seen as a physical thing associated with a local neighbourhood. For me community is a thing that has more to do with shared values, than it has to do with being in close physical proximity to others.

Therefore the whole world can be a collection of communities, or tribes as Seth Godin puts it (sorry Doug couldn’t resist). So the centre of my painting is the world made up of the blurring of all the different shapes and colours that is the human race.

I love the diversity of cultures, languages, food, music, places, stories, traditions and so much more that makes the human race and the world such a wonderful place to be.

What I dream of is no more nations, flags, anthems and borders.

Since the homo sapiens became the only and dominant human species and 70,000 years ago migrated from East Africa all over the globe, they have been exactly that migrants. So the idea that we own bits of the planet and we have to put up fences is to me so wrong.

One human race, one planet, no borders and complete celebration of diversity, difference without judgement, hate or nationalism.